Welcome!
This website is
set up to help you understand the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel
Hawthorne. It is not intended to
replace the reading of the novel. There
are no chapter summaries on this site. Instead
you will find definitions of vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to you as well as
a glossary listing terms, people, and places that are alluded to in the text.
Most of these allusions provide links to pages outside this site that
explain the term in more detail. Finally,
you will find a list of chapter questions to help you to expand your
understanding of the novel.
To navigate
this site, click on one of the links below to go to the
chapter, vocabulary, allusions, or questions pages.
Once there you can
navigate the page using the links provided at the top of the page.
I suggest that you start with the Chapters
Page and use that as the gateway to the rest of the site.
