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This paper examines Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" from the critical feminist perspective, the critical psychological perspective, and the critical historical perspective, explaining how from each of these perspectives, the author is highlighting a double standard that manifests in a variety of ways.

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"Nathaniel Hawthorne's gothic novel "The Scarlet Letter" has much to say on many levels. Much more than just a story of adultery, it is a complex work that can be viewed from multiple perspectives. This paper will examine "The Scarlet Letter" from three perspectives; the feminist critical perspective, the psychological critical perspective and the historical critical perspective, using these three approaches to support the thesis that Hawthorne's real subject in the story was not adultery per se, but the double standard associated with it..."

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