Answer:
C. The crowd gathers at the jail.
Explanation:
Though there is an abundant amount of exposition, the story truly begins when the crowd begins to gather and discuss Hester Prynn's sentence.
Add a picture so we can see :)
To get a answer you need to have a specific question. Sorry for not helping!
It seems that you have missed the necessary details for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it. Anyway, here is the answer. Based on the given sentence above, the literary technique that is being used is SIMILE, because of comparing using as..as. Hope this helps.
