Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the most brilliant writers of the 19th century. His prominent work "Young Goodman Brown," first published in 1835, contains many figurative elements which have a profound effect on the story. One of the effects playing a major role is the setting employed in the story...
"The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel in which a lonely woman, Hester Prynne, commits adultery with a preacher, Reverend Dimmesdale, while her husband is away. When leaders of the village learn of Hester's sin they punish her by forcing her to wear the letter "A" on her chest at a...