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. ... They were also very strict in their obedience to laws, which will later be addressed in reference to society's treatment of the young woman in the novel, The Scarlet Letter. ... In The Scarlet Letter, a young woman has committed adultery. ... He made them the villains in The Scarlet Letter and created in Hester a somewhat Transcenden...

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