4. Which line from The Scarlet Letter provides the best characterization of Pearl's personality? O Wouldst thou avenge thyself on the innocent babe?
The child's attire, on the other hand, was distinguished by a fanciful, or, we might rather say, a fantastic ingenuity...
If the children gathered about her, as they sometimes did, Pearl would grow positively terrible in her puny wrath, snatching up stones to fling at them...
The Infant, during the latter portion of her ordeal, pierced the air with its wallings and screams.

what are the choses?

i think its c or d, its been awhile since i read this book

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."