Scarlet Letter notes

The Scarlet Letter Ch1
Vocabulary
-edifice (pg43) a usually large building
-lot (pg43): plot of land
-sepulchres (pg43): bury, entombed
-inauspicious (pg44): not auspicious
Character Analysis
-Isaac Johnson: one of the first settlers of Boston, buried on his own land which became his lot.
-Ann Hutchinson: prominent religious leader in Boston who preached that faith, rather than goof works and abidance by religious law, brought one closer to God. She was banished and excommunicated from the church, and moved to Long Island, where she and her family were slaughtered by Native Americans.
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