Both Uses of
resolute
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The wiser effort would have been to diffuse thought and imagination through the opaque substance of to-day, and thus to make it a bright transparency; to spiritualise the burden that began to weigh so heavily; to seek, resolutely, the true and indestructible value that lay hidden in the petty and wearisome incidents, and ordinary characters with which I was now conversant.†
Chpt Intr.
- If they were resolute to accost her, she laid her finger on the scarlet letter, and passed on.†
Chpt 13 *
Definition:
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(resolute) firm in purpose or belief