ABSTRACT It is true The Scarlet Letter has been appreciated something absolutely new in American literature and rare in any literature in the world even now, that is, a novel that is not merely a narration but also a subject worked over and brooded ov...
ABSTRACT It is true The Scarlet Letter has been appreciated something absolutely new in American literature and rare in any literature in the world even now, that is, a novel that is not merely a narration but also a subject worked over and brooded over until it became a work of art complete within its frame. And a number of critics have estimated it as a great masterpiece.
Then what kinds of elements have made it such a great work of art? It is said that Hawthorne was completely intergrated, until his fiftieth year, with the soil and spirit of a New England which had bred and indoctrinated his introspective forebears. In other words his antecedents continued to be a powerful influence in his character as a writer
But what are his specific literary techniques to express his thoughts over puritanism, morality and psychology of characters. In his novel there are a great number and symbolism, allegory, humor, irony and romances which he named.
In fact the title'the scarlet letter A'is the very symbolism. Therefore here I have studied the characters of his literary techniques and how they are in harmony with the circumstances and themes of the great work.