To some, Nathaniel Hawthorne has earned both of these titles. ... 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 Transcendental heroine (Waggoner 14). ... "Young Goodman Brown" is a short story that demonstrates hypocrisy in a different way than The Scarlet Letter. ...

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