In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, nature is extremely significant in the development of the plot, characters, themes, and main idea. Nature plays a very significant role in the plot development of the Scarlet Letter. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne also uses nature to influence the character development in the Scarlet Letter. ... The themes and main idea are portrayed and are more apparent in the Scarlet Letter by Hawthornes use of nature. ... Nature is extremely significant in the Scarlet Letter because it helps show the plot development, character development, themes, and main ideas. ...

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In the novel "The Scarlet Letter", the author Nathaneil Hawthorn's depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. Hence, their different characters contribute vitally to the plot of the novel. ...

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In The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, and The Blithedale Romance Hawthorne exhibits his themes of evil, moral responsibility, and crime and romance, and proves that anyone is capable of falling from grace, as humans are born with an evil nature. ... After college, It was during his time of unemployment that Hawthorne returned to a career of writing and published The Scarlet Letter in 1850. The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne's master opus, "a genuine native romance" (Whipple, 3) full of subtle terror and particularly appealing remains one of the most well-received America...

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