Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of the scarlet letter. certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. the rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than any thing else in the new world. the author most likely include the words "darker aspect," "beetle-browed," "gloomy," and "ponderous" in order to
a. impart a melancholy mood
b. impart a mysteries mood
c. establish a formal, civilized setting
d. establish and oldfashioned setting

a. impart a melancholy mood

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from "The Scarlet Letter," the author Nathaniel Hawthorne makes reference to the wooden jail of the town and mentions the words "darker aspect," "beetle-browed," "gloomy" and "ponderous" to describe it. In fact, the word melancholy refers to a feeling of sadness and desolation, which the phrases Hawthorne uses to portray the jail and its door illustrate perfectly, since they imply a sense of obscurity, displease, slowness and clumsiness to the scene.

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source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen