1. The Scarlet Letter As A Historical Document
The Scarlet Letter There is much dispute as to whether or not The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, can be a viable document used to understand the 1600s during the time of Puritanism. ... In the introduction of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne writes about his various meetings with Ellery Channing, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson (Hawthorne pg. 27). ... Morality and what is ethical also plays a necessary part to the development in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne begins to explain the surrounding area of his Puritan town a...
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