Question

Based on how the narrator presents the setting and characters in this novel, what inference can you make about Hawthorne’s opinion of Hester Prynne? He agrees with the townspeople that Hester is evil and should be punished. He believes that Hester can be redeemed if she accepts responsibility for her mistake. He sympathizes with Hester, not the townspeople.

Answer 1

Answer:

The narrator Hawthorne’s opinion of Hester Prynne is that he sympathizes with Hester, not the townspeople.

Explanation:

This is one of the interpretations which the reader gains when he knows about Hester and the description of her given by the narrator in the context of the plot or the story. Hester’s mistake and strength both are determined in the story with the helps of the symbols and the features which the narrator uses.

Answer 2

Answer:

c

Explanation: