Abc Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project,
have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a
cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
What part of the plot does this excerpt reveal?
It is part of the exposition that describes the importance of the Puritan prison
O It is part of the exposition that shyscribes the happiness of the Puritan settlers.
O It is part of the rising action that reveals criminal activity
It is part of the rising action that reveals the Puritan work ethic
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