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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of the scarlet letter using comprehension strategies.

but, on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of june, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of nature could pity and be kind to him.

what is the meaning of this excerpt?

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The meaning is that there's hope and beauty in life and in the world even when all surrounding may look dark and hopeless. As he mentions Pearl as the Blossom of the passions in his life.

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The rose is a symbol of endurance, the Rosebush will prevail no matter how many people are gone through time. It also represents survival after harsh times, it is in the entrance of prison so it is the last thing that gives you hope in beauty when you enter and is the first thing that shows you the world is not hostile when you come out. There's also a metaphor between the blossoms and Pearl she is mention as the result of the passion that roses give.

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C. The rosebush is nature’s offering to those who must enter or leave the prison.

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But, on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.

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frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.

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answer: i dont know tbh

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