The title The Scarlet Letter is significant because it symbolizes the sin, shame and redemption of the whole story. The opening scene was used to explain the shame that being a sinful adulteress brought upon Hester Prynne, and what the letter “A” represented.
In stanza seven, comparing mice and humans, the author Robert Burns suggests that foresight and planning the future can go wrong for everyone, either mice or humans.
However, in the final stanza Burns still considers the mouse fortunate, because it is only aware of the present moment. It is a human attribute to look at the past and to fear what the future has to bring.
Evidence is information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
Answer: We weren't quite sure what it all meant, except that for now, my sister Rachel and I were putting on our finest dresses and the shoes Mother had polished twice.
Explanation:
With this quote from the passage, it shows that they don't really know what is happening around them, things are happening and they are kind of just, "going with the flow" in a sense. They don't understand why they are getting all dressed up, they don't even know what the celebration was about.
