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A five page paper looking at Hawthorne's classic novel in terms of its various literary components. The paper discusses tone, conflict, symbolism, style, setting, and time, as well as the unique way Hawthorne's Puritan ancestry contributed to his choice of subject matter for this novel. No additional sources.
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a generous part of his career trying to apologize for his. Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, to an old Salem family. As a young man he was
deeply disturbed to learn that he was descended from William Hathorne, whose son John was a judge at the infamous Salem witch trials in 1692. By Nathaniels time it had
become commonly accepted (as it still is today) that the trials were an exercise in mass hysteria and religious persecution, and none of the so-called "witches" executed by the tribunal
had actually committed any crime at all. Nathaniel Hawthorne would go on to set many of his novels and stories in Salems colonial era; and it is no accident that
one of his favorite themes is the extent to which self-righteous hounding of a sinner is, itself, a greater sin. This is explored in considerable depth in The Scarlet Letter.
In this story, a young woman by the name of Hester Prynne, who is married to a man she does not love, engages in a passionate love affair with a
young minister, Dimmesdale. Their union produces a child, whom Hester names Pearl. It also results in her being tried and convicted of adultery, since at the time of conception her
legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man who would lose his reputation and
his livelihood were his participation revealed. Eventually the return of Hesters cold-hearted and evil husband forces Dimmesdale to reveal his secret, immediately before he dies. The title of the book
refers to Hesters punishment; she is condemned to wear a red "A", for adulteress, on her clothing at all times so that no one in Salem might ever forget what
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