Commonly throughout the novel, love is emphasized over sin in certain important scenes. At these times, sin is topic that creates the scene, but love is the theme that ultimately prevails which proves that the story is more about love and romance then sin and the consequences of sin. At the town meeting where the governor planned to take custody of Hester’s daughter Pearl, Arthur convinced Gov. Wilson to let her retain custody. The town meeting is set up by the author to appear as a reminder of Hester and Arthur’s sin. However, it is Arthur’s love for Hester that ultimately carries the scene. While defending Hester, he spoke “with a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful,” (Hawthorne 78.) Had the scene revolved around sin, he would have spoken in a darker tone. Rather then that

ever again, he only continued his abuse upon himself. The “A” imprinted on Arthur’s chest is a great mystery of the novel. The reader never truly discovers how it ever got their, but one can conclude that it was a result of his passion for Hester. “The [‘A’] could have been self-inflicted, or wrought by Chillingworth’s magic or a manifestation of Dimmesdale’s remorseful soul” (Poe 17). Either which way, the “A’s” presence was a symbol of Arthur’s sin, but more importantly its significance was a symbol of love that he continued to have for Hester. If Arthur had no more love for her, he never would have continued that torture or given his sermon at the scaffold, revealing to entire town his sin, or more importantly his love for Hester. Therefore, one can conclude that every act in the novel made by Arthur was for his love and devotion to Hester.

Due to the author’s ability to develop love themes created from the discussion or act of sins, The Scarlet Letter can be seen as a love story. The reader can conclude that from the emphasis of love in the novel. This vision is accomplished through the emphasis of

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