... , as a whole, would be much more appealing if authors let their readers make their own decisions about the events or characters in the story. The ambiguousness of The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne leaves many of the actions, events, and issues involving the characters up to the reader's own assumption. One of the issues posed by Hawthorne during the story is that of responsibility ... . Hawthorne illustrates that the lack of responsibility is harmful and should be held with contempt through ... of the Puritan society must be vulnerable to extreme sinfulness. Again Dimmesdale is ...

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