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Read this excerpt from the beginning of The Scarlet Letter:
Those who had before known her, and had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud, were astonished, and even startled, to perceive how her beauty shone out, and made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in which she was enveloped.
How does Hawthorne use characterization in this passage to show Hester's strength?
He describes her thoughts and feelings.
He describes her appearance.
He describes her actions.
He describes her speech.