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The Scarlet Letter: Background - Online Term Paper

The Scarlet Letter: Background

Nathaniel Hawthorn started writing The Scarlet Letter in 1847
and it was published in 1850. The Scarlet Letter is recognize by many
"critics as being one of the greatest of American novels."1 Hawthorn
created his own individual style of "romance," a style of writing. His own
individual style of writing is now called "Hawthorn's Theory of Romance".
His "theory of Romance" is emphasized in The Scarlet Letter in many
different ways. The techniques Hawthorn used in The Scarlet Letter are
basically from his "theory of Romance." Hawthorn uses his "theory of
Romance" in many different ways in The Scarlet Letter.

Hawthorn being a Romantic writer incorporates many
characteristics of ...

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adultery of Hester, the birth of Pearl and the return of her husband
Roger Chllingworth.

The uses of the "theory of Romance" by Hawthorn follows an order.
The order is initiated by Hawthorn looking for to write on a serious topic.
The topic is the adultery of Hester, Pearls birth, the revenge by
Chillingworth and the hypocrisy of Dimmesdale. Then he chooses the setting
of his characters "On the outskirst of town, within the verge of the
peninsula, but not in close vicinity to any other habitation, there was a
small thatched cottage."3 The small cottage is Hester's home which is
isolated from society. This is a characteristic of a heroic character which
is Hester.

His next step is to choose characters who have lived in real
life and to associate them with fictitious characters. The fictitious
characters being Hester Prynne, Roger Chllingworth, Reverend Dimmesdale and
Pearl. The real life character being Governor Bellingham. "Here, to witness
the scene which ...

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Added: 5/14/2007 10:05:48 PM
Category: Book Reports
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