... America to many readers. Along with his views on this culture, Hawthorne uses irony, tales of witchcraft, and the concepts of guilt, confession, and hypocrisy to show his feelings on the Puritanical society and the way they treat other people. He does this by using primary characters in the novels The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, and many short stories who have a problem, like an inner secret, or who have ... some kind of guilt, and shows how society looks upon these people. It regards them with scorn and ridicule and ... ...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School