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Question

Analyze and commet on this comment

He was a person of very striking aspect with a"

white, lofty, and impending brow, large, brown, melancholy eyes, and a mouth which, unless when he forcibly compressed it, was apt to be tremulous, expressing sensibility and a vast power of self-restraint"(63).The Scarlet Letter, chapter 3

Answer 1

Hi! An analysis of this would probably highlight writing techniques like imagery, vivid description, and diction. The author uses imagery to describe the man clearly to the reader, then expands further into the description with the vividness of his language. Through these literary techniques, the reader not only gains a sense of the man that goes further than surface level, but is also exposed to internal aspects like sensibility and self restraint through diction and tone.