In Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter, how does the magistracy’s act of marking Hester Prynne with a scarlet letter serve to maintain its power in the community?

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Answer 1

Answer: The town fathers'act of marking Hester with a scarlet letter serves to maintain their power in the community by turning her into an example of their sermons. They preached against the sin of bearing a child out of wedlock. Hester's husband sent her to live in America on her own. He was supposed to follow her but deserted her. The people of the town did not know she was married. They assumed she was unmarried so they marked her with a scarlet letter to punish her and show the rest of the town that it is wrong to fall pregnant without being married.

Answer 2

Answer:

People in the community fear becoming similarly shamed

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I believe the answer is A. Hope I helped :)

What literary device is Romeo using here?Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this. (I. i. 167-170)
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Oxymoron is the literary device used by Romeo in the above passage.

Oxymoron is combining at least two words which are opposite in meaning and ideas to create an effect.

Misshapen chaos and well-seeming forms
feather of lead
bright smoke
cold fire
sick health
still-waking sleep

These are the words that have opposite meanings but give a bigger impact when put together in a literary form.

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oxymoron

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What was the leading city of colonial New England

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Answer:

Boston

Explanation:

This little town started to grow with the increase of trips to the New World, and many Englishmen immigrated to Trimountaine, making the town a small town. Many of these immigrants came from a city in England called Boston. Upon arrival, it was decided that the name of the city of Trimountaine would be changed to "The Town of Boston". With the arrival of more and more English, Boston became the cultural, economic and civilization center of the colonies of the British Empire in North America.

The largest city in New England and the leading city was Boston, Massachusetts.

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he brought up in this palace, born in wedlock,
sprung of his lawful wife. Unlike my mother.
She was a slave, a concubine he'd purchased, yes,
but he treated me on par with all his true-born sons –
Castor, Hylax's son…”

This is an example of which epic convention?

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The answer would be A lengthy speech

What is the meaning of necessary

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something that is necessary is 'needed'.

Necessary means: It is required to be done, achieved, present; needed; or essential.

So in other words, if someone says something is necessary; that means it needs to be done.

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B.
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C.
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c).that he should copy parts of the book for future reference

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