The Scarlet Letter
According to whispers, what effect did the letter have in the dark passage of the prison Why would Hawthorne add this bit of imagery here?
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From the text:
It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passage-way of the interior.