Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter. Meagre, indeed, and cold, was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for, from such bystanders at the scaffold. On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself.

Which best describes the purpose of the words “meagre,” “scaffold,” “stern,” and “punishment of death”?
They impart a judgmental, reproachful mood.
They impart a gloomy and woeful mood.
They establish the municipal setting of the town square.
They establish the boisterous setting at the scaffold.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point

Essay about how to keep environment clean and safe?

I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.