The grass-plot before the jail, in Prison Lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a
pretty large number of the inhabitants of Boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door. — The Scarlet Letter,
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Which phrase from the passage creates a pleasant setting and mood?
The phrase from this passage from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” that creates a pleasant setting and mood is “summer morning.” Hence, the right answer is the third one.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Right before the main plot of the novel uncovers, it begins with a scene or an event where a large crowd has gathered to witness something unusual or unexpected. Though the scene is a serious one, Hawthorne’s introduction to the scene sets a pleasant mood and the scent of freshness to the setting.
The crowd is waiting near a prison door holding their breath and with their eyes glued on its iron-clamped door. To soften the seriousness of the scenario, the use of words “summer morning” are being used.
In this passage, the phrase creates a pleasant mood due to word choice. It includes the adverb and the noun that explain the time of the day. This phrase is used to describe the specific time and give some more detail about it. Most people consider this phrase as pleasant.The readers will have an association of summer as bright, warm and sunny time of year. The second part includes part of the day that can associate readers to think about rising the sun and a new day. This phrase helps to describe when this event happened.
In this context, the Man in the Well is a symbol for all the other nameless people in the world who are desperate for food and/or shelter. Like the children, we throw them a few scraps (of aid) without doing anything to help them out of the deep hole they find themselves in.
A trochee is a metric foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Milton is pronounced MILton. If Milton was an iamb, it would not vary from the traditional iambic pattern. Milton cannot be a dactyl because a dactyl is three syllables. The first syllable is stressed and is followed by two stressed syllables.
