From writing several successful novels, and many short stories, Hawthorne has introduced the way of life in Puritanical America to many readers. ... In most of his novels and stories, there is a strong display of the Puritan society's reaction to a certain primary character's struggle. ... This connection between personal integrity and a responsive social relationship is vital given the novel's basic conception of the human subject. ... (Easton 235) Hester appears to be the one who deserves sympathy in the novel. ... Throughout the majority of the novel, his identity is k...

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Media plays a large role in arousing the public's interest in the fantastic.21 The novels of Anne Rice, a gothic-horror writer, appeal to a large audience, and her three book series have quite a cult following. ... This novel does not deal so much with witches as it does with the Black Man, which "is a traditional American name for the Devil."44 In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne commits adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. ...

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Though he knows his story will not be exactly accurate in facts, he trusts that his novel will remain true to the actual chronicle of the original manuscript. When a new customs officer is elected, he loses his job and begins the write his novel. ...

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Hester's Heroinism in The Scarlet Letter Thinking of books read in most schools across the nation, most of the heroes in the stories are male. Sure, within the last couple of decades women heroes are starting to show up more but the history of writing contains male heroes. The "damsel in distres...

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In fact, the novel ends with Priscilla's name, followed by an exclamation point. ... Miles Coverdale says in his narration of the novel, "It is not, I apprehend, a healthy kind of mental occupation, to devote ourselves too exclusively to the study of individual men and women- (64). ...

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