The next important persons emerge, Rev. Dimmesdale. Hawthorne describes him in many details." He was a person of very striking aspect, with a white, lofty , and impending brow, large, brown, melancholy eyes"(62). On Dimmesdale's speech reveals his nervous. "there was an air about this young minister,-an apprehensive, a startled, a half-frightened look"(62). It makes me thinking about he is the child's father."He now drew back, with a long respiration"(64). He kinds of relax that after Hester Prynne said she will not speak the name, and i think he's too weak.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The Scarlet Letter-Ch.3 The Recognition
On the scaffold, Hester Prynne notices a familiar person: Roger Chilingworth, but actually he is Roger Prynne. He is the husband of Hester Prynne. The magistrate begin to ask Hester Prynne the name of the child's father to exhort her to confess the truth, but she wouldn't speak. She tries to protect the child's father because of the position that he holds, scares him lose his highly position.
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The second paragraph is difficult to follow. I think that I understand most of it, but I would like to work with you at some point to make sure that you are writing in standard English. I think that your observations are good ones, but the language usage makes it difficult to be sure.
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