TABLE OF CONTENTS Nathaniel Hawthorne ....................................................................................................... 4 BEFORE READING ..................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 1 The Punishment ............................................................................ 7 AFTER READING .................................................................................................................... 18 BEFORE READING .................................................................................................................. Chapter 2 Hester and Pearl ...................................................................... AFTER READING ..................................................................................................................... Extension: The Puritans Way of Life .......................................................................... 22 23 34 37 BEFORE READING .................................................................................................................. 39 Chapter 3 The Leech and His Patient ........................................ 40 AFTER READING ..................................................................................................................... 52 BEFORE READING .................................................................................................................. Chapter 4 Hester and the Doctor ..................................................... AFTER READING ..................................................................................................................... Extension: The native Americans in Puritan New England ................................. 56 57 66 70 BEFORE READING .................................................................................................................. 72 Chapter 5 A Forest Walk ............................................................................. 73 AFTER READING ..................................................................................................................... 84 BEFORE READING .................................................................................................................. 88 Chapter 6 Conclusion ........................................................................................ 89 AFTER READING .................................................................................................................. 101 Extension: Superstition and Witchcraft in Puritan New England .................... 104 SUMMING-UP ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 106 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................... 107