As the novel continues and dialogue is present, Hawthorne’s characterization and comparison is further developed. Women in the crowd are judging Prynne and expressing that they believe she should have a harsher punishment. Hawthorne makes sure to include descriptions of each speaker including age. The older women speakers have harsh diction, but when he introduces one young speaker the tone and connotation shifts. In regards to Prynne’s punishment, the young women states in lines 45 to 46, “let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will always be in her heart.” The young women’s tone is much gentler and softer rather than the ladies insisting a harsher punishment. This supports the narrators previous description of the women of older generations being harsh and firm than the contemporaries of Hawthorne who developed to be quite the opposite. Altogether, Hawthorne uses his diction in his comparison between women of two different generations to directly characterize the women in the crowd of the beginning of chapter two in The Scarlet
As the novel continues and dialogue is present, Hawthorne’s characterization and comparison is further developed. Women in the crowd are judging Prynne and expressing that they believe she should have a harsher punishment. Hawthorne makes sure to include descriptions of each speaker including age. The older women speakers have harsh diction, but when he introduces one young speaker the tone and connotation shifts. In regards to Prynne’s punishment, the young women states in lines 45 to 46, “let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will always be in her heart.” The young women’s tone is much gentler and softer rather than the ladies insisting a harsher punishment. This supports the narrators previous description of the women of older generations being harsh and firm than the contemporaries of Hawthorne who developed to be quite the opposite. Altogether, Hawthorne uses his diction in his comparison between women of two different generations to directly characterize the women in the crowd of the beginning of chapter two in The Scarlet