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The Scarlet Letter
Title: The Scarlet Letter
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 1961 | Pages: 8.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Scarlet Letter
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History and Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne envisioned The Scarlet Letter as a short story to be published in
a collection, but it outgrew that purpose. Most critics accept Hawthorne's definition of it
as a romance rather than as a novel. It usually appears with an introductory
autobiographical essay, "The Custom House", in which Hawthorne describes working in
his ancestral village, Salem, Massachusetts, as a customs officer. Hawthorne describes
coming across certain …showed first 75 words of 1961 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1961 total…of redemption and resolution, emphasizes the importance of the emotions in a richly lived and moral life (Kingsley 33). In this way,
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Hawthorne seems to bring two opposites together. Pearl, as a younger, virginal version of her mother, neutralizes the threat Hester initially posed. Hawthorne brings the possibility of sensual and feeling feminine character back into the realm of moral life by using important historical similarities and expanding them to fit his characters and theme.
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