Answer: The author uses the third person point of view in the excerpt.
Explanation: In this excerpt from "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author uses the third person point of view. The point of view is the point from which an author tells the story. In the third person point of view, the narrator refers to all characters with pronouns like he, she or they. In the third-person limited point of view, the narrator focuses on one character's thoughts and feelings. The third-person omniscient narrator can focus on different characters' thoughts.
