Question

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

What part of the plot does this excerpt reveal?
It is part of the exposition that describes the importance of the Puritan prison.
It is part of the exposition that describes the happiness of the Puritan settlers.
It is part of the rising action that reveals criminal activity.
It is part of the rising action that reveals the Puritan work ethic.

Answer 1

"The Scarlet Letter" is actually a book that was written by the author Nathaniel Hawthorne. And based on the excerpt above taken from this book, the part of the plot that this excerpt shows is that, this is the part wherein it reveals the criminal activities and this belongs to the rising action. The answer would be the third option.

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Answer 2

Answer: It is part of the rising action that reveals the Puritan work ethic.

Explanation: In this passage from Chapter 1 of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the part of the plot that the excerpt reveals is that it is part of the rising action that reveals the Puritan work ethic. Regardless of their Utopias, the founders of a new colony always built a cemetery and a prison, they consider both to be very important. It was through hard work and frugality that they showed their faith in God.