The Scarlet Letter
What words does Hawthorne use to describe Hester (physically), her behavior, her thoughts (about her past and present circumstance)? To what effect?
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
In terms of her physical stature, Hawthorne is careful to describe Hester as a very sober yet beautiful woman:
"The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance, on a large scale. She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion, had the impressiveness belonging to a marked brow and deep black eyes. She was lady-like, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days."