All 3 Uses of
pestilence
in
The Scarlet Letter
- She resembled, in her fierce pursuit of them, an infant pestilence—the scarlet fever, or some such half-fledged angel of judgment—whose mission was to punish the sins of the rising generation.†
Chpt 7
- Pestilence was known to have been foreboded by a shower of crimson light.†
Chpt 12 *
- None so self-devoted as Hester when pestilence stalked through the town.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(pestilence) widespread disease (usually severe); or any severely harmful or evil influence that is hard to get rid of