1.How do the male characters treat, or talk about the female characters?

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2.If the female characters had a power what kind will it be? Economical, Psychological, Social, Political , etc and Why?
3. Dimmesdale punishes himself because he wants redemption. I find what he is doing to himself harmful and harsh. He's basically harming his own body and making himself weaker . What is your reaction to this?

Answer 1

Have you read the book? If so, you should know how men treat women in the book. If you'd read the book you'd know what kind of power women did NOT have in colonial Massachusetts. And your teacher does not want some tutor's reaction to Dimmesdale's actions, he or she wants YOURS.