Both Uses of
diversity
in
The Scarlet Letter
- With many variations, suggested by the nature of his building materials, diversity of climate, and a different mode of social life, Governor Bellingham had planned his new habitation after the residences of gentlemen of fair estate in his native land.
p. 97.2 *diversity = difference (variety)
- The picture of human life in the market-place, though its general tint was the sad gray, brown, or black of the English emigrants, was yet enlivened by some diversity of hue.†
p. 216.8
Definition:
the condition of variety -- especially in reference to members of a population group who are of different races or cultures