Both Uses of
transparent
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.†
p. 30.9 *
- sympathy as by silence, an inarticulate breath, and here and there a word to indicate that all is understood; if to these qualifications of a confidant be joined the advantages afforded by his recognised character as a physician;—then, at some inevitable moment, will the soul of the sufferer be dissolved, and flow forth in a dark but transparent stream, bringing all its mysteries into the daylight.†
p. 84.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(transparent as in: transparent shower door) able to be seen through with clarity
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(2)
(transparent as in: transparent lie) obvious despite attempts to hide
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(3)
(transparent as in: transparent decision making) easily observable or understood
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)