Question

What is the point of view in this excerpt from "The Golden Touch" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

Answer 1

The point of view for this story is third person since the person narrating is not part of the story and there are “he”, “she”, and “they” outside of quotation marks.

Answer 2

Third person

Step-by-step explanation:

The story, in its entirety, is told in third person omniscient view. The third person omniscient view is where the author refers to all characters by he or she and the narrator have access to internal thoughts of the characters.