Brief introduction of The scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn

‘The Scarlet Letter’ is written by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804. The publication of this work earn him place among the literary writer of great importance. He had a great ability of character drawing, and his powerful way of unfolding a story and his interesting though quaint style have all contributed to his greatness as a novelist. One of the greatest quality of his is depiction of the effect of sin on human psyche.

           


            Hawthorne has contributed much to the fiction of America he is remembered today as the author of ‘The Scarlet Letter’. This work had great influence on later written literature in America and it had described as the “greatest novel/book ever written in the western Hampshire.”

In 1846 Hawthorne was appointed as “surveyor” for the district of Salem and Beverly and inspector of revenue for the port of Salem. His experience during that time provided him some inspiration and material which he later used in the “Custom House” section of The Scarlet Letter.

Hawthorne’s ancestors were puritan thus he had deep relation as well as influence over the personality and mind of the author. This work has given balanced importance in emphasizing the weakness as well as strength of his ancestors. Puritan’s were marked for their rigid and oppressive attitude. The Scarlet Letter can be read as Hawthorn’s attitude towards puritans of Briton. It is the society which makes characters like Hester, Chillingworth and Dimesdale suffers.

The early puritans who came to America in 1620 founded a precarious colony in Playmouth, and with that they established a society there.  They formed certain rules and regulations to keep society in order and to stop and to control the attacks made by Indian were living there already. And the novel set its place in this society.

A society is constructed through many things in which some institutions like religion plays vital role I the proper functioning of the society.  Puritan society is full of beliefs and beliefs in their religion. Puritan society was purely based on religion and God remain at the center of their everyday life.


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