What colony is the setting for the novel?
Boston Massachusetts
Where in the colony does the opening chapter take place?
At the burial ground, next to the very ugly worn down prison is.
For what 2 “practical necessities” did the new colony set aside land?
The Burial Ground and the Prison house.
Who is Anne Hutchinson? How does Hawthorne feel about her?
Anne Hutchinson was a woman who would go around and preacher her idea, she claimed that go spoke to her directly and she was put on trial for it because the puritans believe that he only speaks through the bible. Hawthorne compares Hutchinson to the rose bush because they are both wild and pure and not the same as everyone or everything else.
What 2 possible symbols do the rose have for the reader?
As the prisoners walk into the jailhouse they see the beautiful wild rose bush, to me the rose bush was that one last ounce of hope for the prisoners. To them I am sure this puritan way of life is probably very similar to the life in prison; similarly dressed, similar beliefs so when they see that beautiful rose bush they stop to think about the world outside of the jail and the puritan society…. a free world. Because no only is the puritan people all the same the land is the same as well all of the wild things have been demolished and turned into man made things. Another symbol of the rose bush is its wild and pureness, the rose bush shows beauty and individuality which is why Anne Hutchinson is compared to it because she decides to believe what she wants to believe which make her pure and individual.
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