Read this excerpt from the beginning of The Scarlet Letter: Those who had before known her, and had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud, were astonished, and even startled, to perceive how her beauty shone out, and
made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in which she was enveloped.
How does Hawthorne use characterization in this passage to show Hester's strength?

He uses dialogue to describe her

Explanation:

According to the given excerpt from the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, the narrator talks about how everyone was expecting Hester to look dimmed and obscured, but were rather surprised when her beauty shone out.

Hawthorne uses characterization in this passage to show Hester's strength by using dialogue to describe her.

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.

you didn't show the passage, so unfortunately i cant you.