All 5 Uses of
kindred
in
The Scarlet Letter
- This long connexion of a family with one spot, as its place of birth and burial, creates a kindred between the human being and the locality, quite independent of any charm in the scenery or moral circumstances that surround him.†
Chpt Intr.
- She stood apart from mortal interests, yet close beside them, like a ghost that revisits the familiar fireside, and can no longer make itself seen or felt; no more smile with the household joy, nor mourn with the kindred sorrow; or, should it succeed in manifesting its forbidden sympathy, awakening only terror and horrible repugnance.†
Chpt 5
- For her kindred, should the tidings ever reach them, and for the companions of her unspotted life, there remained nothing but the contagion of her dishonour; which would not fail to be distributed in strict accordance and proportion with the intimacy and sacredness of their previous relationship.†
Chpt 9
- The truth seems to be, however, that the mother-forest, and these wild things which it nourished, all recognised a kindred wilderness in the human child.†
Chpt 18
- —and sad, because he missed his heavenly kindred!†
Chpt 23 *
Definition:
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(kindred) similar in quality or character
or:
closely related -- such as family or things with shared origin