In Chapter 4 of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Roger Chillingworth's primary goal is to identify the father of Hester Prynne's child.
Chillingworth, who is initially known as Hester's husband but has assumed a different identity in the colony, wants to uncover the identity of the father in order to seek revenge.
His main motivation is to cause the father discomfort and internal distress, and to ultimately exact his own form of revenge against the person responsible for Hester's adultery. Chillingworth does not initially intend to reveal the father's name to the settlers' community or to see that the father is put to death for his alleged crime.
His focus is more on personal vengeance and making the father suffer.
In Chapter 4 of "The Scarlet Letter," Roger Chillingworth, who is introduced as a physician, arrives in the Puritan colony shortly after Hester Prynne's public shaming for her adultery.
Chillingworth is aware that Hester is the mother of a child born out of wedlock, but he does not initially know the identity of the child's father. His main motivation in seeking to uncover the father's identity is driven by a desire for personal vengeance.
Chillingworth is deeply affected by the shame and humiliation that Hester has been subjected to, and he is consumed by a desire to find and punish the man responsible for her situation.
He wishes to cause this man emotional distress and discomfort, making him suffer for his role in Hester's sin. Chillingworth's goal is to torment and exact revenge on the father, not to expose him to the community or seek his execution.
His actions throughout the novel are primarily focused on his private quest for vengeance and his obsession with discovering the father's identity, rather than any broader public retribution.
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A) The author openly states a character’s traits.
B) The author talks about a character’s appearance.
C) The author describes a character’s dialogue.
D) The author shows a character’s actions to hint at her traits.
The correct answer is A. The author openly states a character’s traits.
Explanation:
In literature, direct characterization occurs when the author or narrator of a text directly states the way a character is or looks, this implies the narrator tells the reader the character appearance or personality. In the case of the excerpt presented direct characterization can be seen in "was a woman of wisdom and experience" or " she had a very accurate perception" because, in this, the narrator or author describes or states the personality traits of a female character which means the author directly presents the character by focusing on the traits rather than on the appearance of the character described.
The rights and honours of a power divine?
Scorn'd e'en by man, and (oh severe disgrace!)
By soft Phaeacians, my degenerate race!
Against yon destined head in vain I swore,
And menaced vengeance, ere he reach'd his shore;
To reach his natal shore was thy decree;
Mild I obey'd, for who shall war with thee?
Behold him landed, careless and asleep,
From all the eluded dangers of the deep;
Lo where he lies, amidst a shining store
Of brass, rich garments, and refulgent ore;
And bears triumphant to his native isle
A prize more worth than Ilion's noble spoil.
The speaker in the excerpt is . The tone demonstrates
Answer:
This excerpt from Homer’s Odyssey is recited by Ulysses with a distressed tone.
Explanation:
How the punctuation is placed in the excerpt proves the tone . For example, “O sire of gods!”, “Oh, severe disgrace”, “my degenerate race!”, as well as the words used, such as “disgrace”, “in vain”, “vengeance” and “careless.
B. The most beautiful State is Hawaii.
C. Marsha speaks excellent german.
D. Jim must drive to the North to study the northern lights.
The following italicized word that is correctly capitalized is ‘Jim must drive to the North to study the northern lights.’ Because he is referring North as a proper noun and northern lights is an event which doesn’t need capitalization.
to provide food
to push away
to react to something
The correct answer is: to react to something.
B - without
C - include
D - except