answersLogoWhite

0

The flashback reveals that Hester was married to a scholar or doctor before she came to the New World. Another thing the flashback shows about Hester's past is that her husband sent her ahead of him to the New world but then never showed up.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What does flashback mean?

A section of the story that shows events from an earlier time


What technique does the author use to reveal the narrators background in war?

Flashback


What is it called when present action is interrupted by a scene from the past?

In movies, a "flashback".


How do you use the word flashback in a sentencce?

"The man had a flashback of his past after watching the movie"


What is a story about the past called?

flashback


What is flash back?

A flashback is a memory from the past. Many stories have them and sometimes the stories are in the flashback.


How do you have a flashback?

You cant make a flashback happen it happens when you remember a dramatic expierence you have had in your past.


In chapter 2 of The Scarlett Letter what does the flashback reveal about Hester's past?

The flashback in Chapter 2 of "The Scarlet Letter" reveals that Hester Prynne is a young woman who arrived in the Puritan colony alone, waiting for her husband to join her. It also hints at her tumultuous journey, her experiences before arriving in the colony, and her defiance of society's norms.


How does a writer reveal what happened before the opening scene of an epic?

The writer uses a flashback.


How does the writer reveal what happened before the opening scene of an epic?

The writer uses a flashback.


How does a flashback in a story work?

In a flashback of a story, a part of the past is shown to better explain is going on in the present.


What is a flashback in film?

A Flashback in a technique which depicts events that took place in the past in a manner that is outside of the linear chronology of the present plot. For instance, there is a flashback sequence in Casablanca that fills the audience in on the relationship between Rick and Elsa in the past.