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emmainna [20.7K]
2 years ago
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Standing on that miserable eminence, she saw again her native village, in Old England, and her paternal home; a decayed house of

gray stone, with a poverty-stricken aspect, but retaining a half-obliterated shield of arms over the portal, in token of antique gentility. What is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt
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Natali [406]2 years ago
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They portray a former setting with humility and dignity. This is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt.

This excerpt is from The Scarlet Letter and the writer is Nathaniel Hawthorne and he was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 and lived 60 years of his life. He was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.

The Scarlet Letter is set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony. It tells the story of the character and his name is Hester Prynne, who conceives her daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of humility and dignity.

Hence, the correct answer is They portray a former setting with humility and dignity.

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