问答题
Could it be true? She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast, that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at the scarlet letter, and even touched it with her finger, to assure herself that the infant and the shame were real. Yes! —these were her realities, —all else had vanished!
【正确答案】正确答案：This passage is taken from Nathaniel Hawthorne" s novel The Scarlet Letter. In this paragraph, Hester Prynne stood on the scaffold of the pillory, beginning to think back of her hometown and her husband. But her daughter and the scarlet letter reminded her of the cruel realities and great pain in her own heart, as if she fell from heaven down to earth. This paragraph focuses on describing Hester" s pain from different perspectives. Sound(her daughter" s cry), sight(the scarlet letter and feeling)and touching it with her finger, told her the reality. Symbols are applied, as the infant and the scarlet letter symbolizing her shame. Character" s psychological activities and instinct feeling are put in the first place in description, directly and clearly.