Nathaniel Hawthorne:Analysis

In an attempt to redeem his name and honor from the shame of William Hathorne and his son, John Hathorne’s actions during the Salem Witchcraft trails, Nathaniel Hawthorne created a cast of characters in The Scarlett Letter who, through the course of the novel try to gain redemption for their own sins. Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. He graduated from Bowden University in 1825 with Fanshawe (1828) nearly complete. During his college career, Hawthorne …

…paid to have her and the love of her adulterous affair. Because of this price, Pearl is treated wrongly even though she was the most innocent of all the characters. Through Hester humiliation at the hands of the merciless magistrates, Dimmesdale’s struggle with his social status and his suffering conscience, and Roger horrible transformation from love to hate, Hawthorne was able to redeem himself from the terrible mistakes that were made my his ancestors.