Read the excerpt relating to Reverend Mr. Wilson from Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter. He looked like the darkly engraved portraits which we see prefixed to old volumes of sermons; and had no more right than one of those portraits would have, to step forth, as he now did, and meddle with a question of human guilt, passion, and anguish. Which trait of Reverend Mr. Wilson does Hawthorne develop in this excerpt from the chapter? courage arrogance remorsefulness humility

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Bella Moyer

12 June, 13:55

Read the excerpt relating to Reverend Mr. Wilson from Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter. He looked like the darkly engraved portraits which we see prefixed to old volumes of sermons; and had no more right than one of those portraits would have, to step forth, as he now did, and meddle with a question of human guilt, passion, and anguish. Which trait of Reverend Mr. Wilson does Hawthorne develop in this excerpt from the chapter? courage arrogance remorsefulness humility

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Graham · Answer 1

The answer is arrogance. I just took the test.

Lillian Frost · Answer 2

Answer: B. arrogance

Explanation: the definition of arrogance is an attitude of superiority, usually manifested in presumptuous claims or assumptions. In the given excerpt from chapter 3 of "The Scarlet Letter" we can see that the trait that is develop about Reverend Mr. Wilson is his arrogance, because he is trying to judge Hester's behaviour even when he is unable to understand Hester's problem, this is a demonstration of his arrogance.