Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of the scarlet letter. lastly, in lieu of these shifting scenes, came back the rude market-place of the puritan settlement, with all the townspeople assembled and levelling their stern regards at hester prynne,—yes, at herself,—who stood on the scaffold of the pillory, an infant on her arm, and the letter a, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom! what is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt? they impart a mood of distress and shame. they impart a mood of nostalgia and self-reflection. they provide a visual image of the violent setting. they provide historical insight into the puritan setting.

What is a major difference between joe and l.v. craig in string? a. one is comical, whereas the other has no sense of humor b. one is sheepish and hesitant, whereas the other is assertive c. one is patient and fair, whereas the other is reckless and wild d. one is scholarly and quiet, whereas the other is crass

Can someone “think of a time you overcame a challenge or obstacle. describe the experience in two or three sentences”

Hurry i am on the semester test which theme is evident in this excerpt from robert frost's "mending wall"? but at spring mending-time we find them there. i let my neighbor know beyond the hill; and on a day we meet to walk the line and set the wall between us once again. we keep the wall between us as we go. to each the boulders that have fallen to each. and some are loaves and some so nearly balls we have to use a spell to make them balance: "stay where you are until our backs are turned! " we wear our fingers rough with handling them. oh, just another kind of out-door game, one on a side. it comes to little more: there where it is we do not need the wall: he is all pine and i am apple orchard. my apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines, i tell him. he only says, “good fences make good neighbors." spring is the mischief in me, and i wonder if i could put a notion in his head: "why do they make good neighbors? isn't it where there are cows? but here there are no cows. before i built a wall i'd ask to know what i was walling in or walling out, and to whom i was like to give offence. . " a. the human desire for material gain b. the influence of financial constraints c. the positive effects of friendship d. the uncertain nature of human relations e. the futility of human yearning