"The Scarlet Letter"

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This paper reviews the novel "The Scarlet Letter", written in the 19th century by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The paper looks at how the novel turns every notion the reader has of good and bad on its head. As the author states in his conclusion, those judged to be weak, like Hester, turn out strong; while those Men of G-d, representing morality, turn out to be weak.

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"Hawthorne is a master story teller. This story is so "real" that one senses it really did happen as the narrator describes it. At the same time, his style is so difficult to pin down as to the meaning of what is happening and what people are doing and saying and feeling. It is possible, for example, to see that red A as a symbol of Hester's hope, not just her shame. Perhaps one of the best ways to judge the effects of a writer's style is to see what critics through the years have said, and how they have disagreed about meaning and symbolism."

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