The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne “The founders of a n…
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne “The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they mightoriginally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities toallot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston hadbuilt the first prison-house, somewhere in the early days of the settlement.” “Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the woodenjail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave ayet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front.” Question: What mood is created in this passage? Explain your reasoning. (2-3 sentences)