We practiced analyzing setting and symbolic passages that illustrate theme. We specifically focused on the symbolism of the brook which Dimmesdale notes"divides two worlds" ie the contrasting worlds of truth/realty and illusion /deception. We noted how Pearl bathed in sunlight represents a world of truth or reality while Dimmesdale ,as his name connotes, remans dim or in the darkness of deceit. We further studied parallel passages where the narrator comments on the futility of expatiation for both Hester and Dimmesdale.