Overview

The setting of The Scarlet Letter changes from chapter to chapter, from indoors to outdoors and from daytime to night, and these changes affect both plot and theme. Students will use this worksheet to explore two of the most dramatic settings in the novel, the market-place and the forest. Hand out the worksheet after the class has finished reading the entire text. Give students the opportunity to discuss the possible opposing symbolic meanings of the two settings, such as exposure/secrecy, public/private, governed/wild, controlled/chaotic, or hypocrisy/honesty.

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