The Scarlet Letter: Background
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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 wr ....
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.... by herself."2 A heroic character is "bigger than those found in
ordinary life" and also is strong, brave, noble, risky and powerful.
Another characteristic he includes is the writing of mysterious events such
as the 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, Pe ....
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