In Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne was creating a form of fiction he called the psychological romance. This refers back to the time of Puritan Theocracy and also the art of romantic writers. Hawthorn was inspired by writers such as James Fennimore Cooper and Sir Walter Scott, also writers of Romance literary. This novel was the culmination of Hawthorne’s experimentation with themes about the subjects of Puritans, sin, guilt, and the human conflict between emotions and intellect.

The setting of the book also symbolizes the Puritan themes. Symbolic settings, such as the scaffold, which is a place of rigid rules, concern with Hawthorne’s goal to exaggerate own criti

In the next eight chapters Dimmesdale’s life takes a toile for the worst knowing of his sin. Chillingworth soon is revealed by the towns’ people as a man of evil and now doesn’t care of his previous identity. He is determined into forcing Dimmesdale’s identity. In chapter twelve, Dimmesdale goes to stand on the scaffold, linked hand and hand with pearl and Hester. Here is convinced that he should just admit his sin, in order to receive salvation, but he decides instead to continue to torture himself in punishment, and will admit his sin on “judgment day”. This is the same night in which a scarlet letter A is seen in the sky over the three. In chapter fifteen, Pearl curiosity about the scarlet letter on her mother’s chest begins to take toile on the two relationships. She continues to ask her mother of the meaning behind the letter, and is continually denied a response until chapter 16. In chapter 16, Pearl and Hester are walking through the forest hoping to run into Dimmesdale, coming from his trip, Pearl questions the story of the Black Man, and asks her mother is the scarlet letter a result of her acquaintance with the Black Man. Hester than confesses that the letter is a mark of the Black Man. Dimmesdale than, approaches Hester with his hand over his heart, in a manner in which he has no care for his life. This scene takes place in dark light over the two sinners, representing the feelings of the lovers, weighed down in guilt.

cal Puritanism. Each character represents an emphasized meaning of authority and persuasiveness in the Puritan town. For example Dimmesdale was seen as a

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