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The Scarlett Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne used many different elements in his book to send many different messages to the reader. One of these elements that is very important is the setting in which certain scenes of the book take place. He used settings in the book for many different things such as showing different sides of characters, or trying to prove his theme about the book, that we, society, are all sinners, but while the rest society brings out the sin in us, nature bring out the beauty in all of us and forgives us too. First, in chapter 2, when Hester Prynne walks out of the prison for the first time, she is described as the exact opposite of the jail. While the jail is old and weathered, Hester is young and beautiful. In the book, Hawthorne
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