Which type of character is the

speaker of the dialogue in the

excerpt?

WWhat do we talk of marks and brands,

whether on the bodice of her own, or the

flesh of her forehead?" cried another female,

the ugliest as well as the most pitiless of these

self-constituted judges. "This woman has

brought shame upon us all, and ought to die.

Is there not law for it? Truly there is, both in

the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let

the magistrates, who have made it of no

effect, thank themselves if their own wives

and daughters go astray!"

-major

-minor