Nathaniel Hawthorne strayed from this redundant theme in his story The Scarlet Letter. ... Others state Hawthorne was commenting on the laws of the Puritan communities. ... So was Hawthorne a chauvinist? ... Some critics of Hawthorne say that he overdid symbolism. ... References Hawthorne, Nathaniel. ...

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With that, almost every woman in town is accused of being a witch, and the cycle continues.43 Another important example of hysterical paranoia from the Puritan era is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ...

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