He looked like the darkly engraved portraits which we see prefixed to old volumes of sermons; and had no more right than one of those portraits would have, to step forth, as he now did, and meddle with a question of human guilt, passion, and anguish. which trait of reverend mr. wilson does hawthorne develop in this excerpt from the chapter? a. courage b. arrogance c. remorsefulness d. humility

B. arrogance

In this excerpt, Hawthorne paints Reverend Mr. Wilson as a cold, serious man from a different generation. He is trying to impart judgment on Hester's transgression. However, the author argues that due to his characteristics (male, old, extremely religious and conservative), he has no way of understanding Hester's problem, which stems from passion and guilt. The fact that he wants to participate in a discussion concerning topics he cannot relate to shows that he is arrogant.

hm, switch the relative; nominative and indefinite; objective ? not too bright in the knowledge of the english.

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