Question

Which narrative point of view is used in this excerpt from “The Lily’s Quest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

So one breezy and cloudless afternoon Adam Forrester and Lilias Fay set out upon a ramble over the wide estate which they were to possess together, seeking a proper site for their temple of happiness. They were themselves a fair and happy spectacle, fit priest and priestess for such a shrine, although, making poetry of the pretty name of Lilias, Adam Forrester was wont to call her "Lily" because her form was as fragile and her cheek almost as pale. As they passed hand in hand down the avenue of drooping elms that led from the portal of Lilias Fay's paternal mansion they seemed to glance like winged creatures through the strips of sunshine, and to scatter brightness where the deep shadows fell.

Answer 1

The narrative point of view used in the given excerpt is "Third Person Omniscient."

Step-by-step explanation:

Narrative point of view is the vantage point that the author use in his writing the speak to his reader through a narrator and not directly.

A "Third person omniscient" point of view is a stand point in which the narrator is featured like god. Such type of narrators can enter into the minds and action of the characters in the story. That is the reason this narrative point of view is called "omniscient" because they know everything and have unlimited knowledge and insight of the characters and the story.

And in the given excerpt we can clearly see the narrator having much knowledge about the happenings of the story. He is omniscient. And hence, "Third person omniscient" narrative point of view.

Answer 2

Answer: Third-person omniscient

The third-person omniscient is a point of view in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story. It is different from the third-person limited because it can focus on all the characters, as opposed to only the main one. In this case, the author is discussing both Adam Forrester and Lilias Fay, and he is providing descriptions of both the characters personalities and feelings.