What colony is the setting for the novel?
The colony is the Massachusetts Colony, Boston
Where in the colony does the opening chapter take place?
It takes place 'somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill' at a prison house.
For what 2 “practical necessities” did the new colony set aside land?
On part was taken for a cemetery, another part was taken for the site of a prison.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
Anne Hutchinson is a British woman, who settled in 1634 with her husband to Massachusetts. She had other religious thoughts and views than the Puritans there and so she got banished. After that she went to Rhode Island to found a religious liberal colony. She was murdered in 1643 by Indians in the state which is today known as New York, where she had moved earlier.
What 2 possible symbols does the rose have for the reader?
Hawthorne uses the rose bush as a comparison with two different meanings. The first meaning is the comparison to Anne Hutchinson, the second a comparison to purity and religion.
The colony is the Massachusetts Colony, Boston
Where in the colony does the opening chapter take place?
It takes place 'somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill' at a prison house.
For what 2 “practical necessities” did the new colony set aside land?
On part was taken for a cemetery, another part was taken for the site of a prison.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
Anne Hutchinson is a British woman, who settled in 1634 with her husband to Massachusetts. She had other religious thoughts and views than the Puritans there and so she got banished. After that she went to Rhode Island to found a religious liberal colony. She was murdered in 1643 by Indians in the state which is today known as New York, where she had moved earlier.
What 2 possible symbols does the rose have for the reader?
Hawthorne uses the rose bush as a comparison with two different meanings. The first meaning is the comparison to Anne Hutchinson, the second a comparison to purity and religion.
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