Answer:
The war in the West and the blockade were putting pressure on the South.
I believe none of these options are correct. However, if you had to choose one, I would pick A - <span>Nina slid into her seat just as the bell rang and tried to catch her breath.
B, C, and D are incorrect because these are all examples of direct characterization, meaning that the other directly tells us what these people are like. This doesn't happen in A, which is why I would choose that option.
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The correct answer is A; Hester's fear and Roger's cunningness.
Explanation:
In the book, The Scarlett Letter, Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth are main characters. Roger's main goal in chapter 4 is to find out the father of Hester's baby. He plans to see the father put to death for his "alleged" crime of fathering her child.
Hester lived during a time that women were not allowed to speak for themselves and were meant to stay quiet about everything. She was branded with the letter S on her breast because of her dishonor and shame to her family.
The book was written and published in 1850 by author, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The symbols in the book are;
- Dimmesdale's name
- The Scarlet Letter A
- Meteor
- Pearl
- Rosebush
- The Scaffold
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