... Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Through the character of Hester, Hawthorne teaches us to be true to ourselves v/s this is the only way we can find true happiness. Wharton brings us characters such as the van der luydens, Lawrence Lefferts, Sillerton Jackson and the Mingotts and presents them to us as the collective voice of New York society. Wharton satirises each of these characters. Lawrence Lefferts for example is thought of as the model of form in ... society. In the first chapter Lefferts is described to us in great detail, Wharton explains to us ... ...

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