Which MOST EFFECTIVELY analyzes the author's intended meaning of the words astonished and started from this sentence in paragraph 3
Those who had before known her, and had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud, were
astonished, and even started to perceive how her beauty shone out, and made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in
which she was enveloped
A
The author presents astonished and startled" as identical in
meaning, but as a repetitive focus on the wonder and awe felt by
those who had never known Hester Prynne,
The author uses astonished' to mean greatly surprised, but indicates
a subtle and increasing intensity in feeling by using the word
'startled to express the sudden nature of a shock or alarm
B
The author uses 'astonished' to mean greatly surprised, but indicates
a subtle, but decreasing intensity in feeling by using the word
"started to express a slight confusion at Hester's appearance,
The author presents astonished" and "startled as identical in
meaning in order to emphasize the parallels between the ladylike
nature of Hester Prynne and the feminine gentility of the other
women present
D)
Craft and Structure