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. ... After confessing his sin to the world, a comet passed over the community, and the dust left behind created a red letter A. ... The themes and main idea are portrayed and are more apparent in the Scarlet Letter by Hawthornes use of nature. ... When on the scaffold, a meteor passes over him and reveals a giant letter A in the night sky. ...

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He was not fond of the job and was relieved in 1848 when he was fired, giving him time to write his most famous work The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850 (Turner, 137). After The Scarlet Letter was published, Hawthorne who had never truly felt comfortable in Salem moved the family to Lenox. ... His deep infatuation with these themes is strongly evident in his most famous novel; The Scarlet Letter, which tells the tale of a young woman who commits adultery and is persecuted by her Puritan community for committing such an immoral sin. Additionally, as punishment for her adulterous crime she i...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate