Hester emerges from the prison holding a baby and makes her way to a scaffold where she is publicly condemned
The author could be considered unbiased in her treatment because she writes from a general perspective and rather than detailing just one side, she describes both sides of the story.
She bases her information off facts rather than opinion.
I say Tragedy.
I have read Edgar Allan Poe‘s “Annabel Lee”
That saying, during the whole poem, I had the vibe of tragedy rather than terror. He is losing his precious Annabel. Which is more “devastating” or “tragic” if you will. So I go with B.
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