Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter. Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement o
f the town, the wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than any thing else in the new world. The author most likely include the words "darker aspect," "beetle-browed," "gloomy," and "ponderous" in order to a. impart a melancholy mood
b. impart a mysteries mood
c. establish a formal, civilized setting
d.establish and oldfashioned setting
According to the excerpt from "The Scarlet Letter," the author Nathaniel Hawthorne makes reference to the wooden jail of the town and mentions the words "darker aspect," "beetle-browed," "gloomy" and "ponderous" to describe it. In fact, the word melancholy refers to a feeling of sadness and desolation, which the phrases Hawthorne uses to portray the jail and its door illustrate perfectly, since they imply a sense of obscurity, displease, slowness and clumsiness to the scene.
