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The Scarlet Letter Themes

Revenge Nathaniel Hawthorne presents revenge as an act against nature, which twists the soul of man into something wro Image by katybird via Flickr ng. Not only change in a person’s basic personality, but does not respond. In the religious world view presented in The Scarlet Letter, vengeance belongs to God alone. Hester Prynne alludes …

The Scarlet Letter Summary

Image via Wikipedia The Scarlet Letter after the public humiliation and punishment of a young woman named Hester Prynne in mid-century Boston 17 (also known as the Massachusetts Bay). When Hester becomes pregnant, everyone thinks she is guilty of adultery, she separated from her husband for two years, and the baby could not be yours. …