TheScarletLetterbyNathanielHawthorneTheAuthorNathanielHawthorne,BackgroundHediscoveredthathehadPuritanancestors.OnerelativehadservedasajudgeintheSalemwitchtrialsof1692Hawthorneaddedthe“w”tohisnametodistinguishhimselffromhisancestors.HewroteduringtheRomanticperiodofliteraryhistory(1830-1865)alongwithRalphWaldoEmerson,HenryDavidThoreau,HermanMelville,HarrietBeecherStoweandEdgarAllenPoeTheCustomHouseTheCustomHouse-Cont.PrimaryDocument1CustomHouseReceiptPrimaryDocument2AletterfromHawthorne大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流PrimaryDocument3OriginalBookCoverDefiningScarletDefiningPuritanNathanialHawthorneasaparadoxtheimplicationofprotagonists’namesHesterPrynne:oppositetoArthur(Hawthorne)1.Knowsandacknowledgesherguilty,butneverhideshercharacterandidentityunderanewexterior2.Bearsherhumiliationwithsupremedignity,hidesheragony3.QuietlysubmitstothepunishmentandperformsactsofcharitytothoseintroubleSheneverbattledwiththepublic,butsubmitteduncomplaininglytoitsworstusage;shemadenoclaimuponitinrequitalforwhatshehadsuffered;shedidnotweighuponitssympathies.“Doyouseethatwomanwiththeembroideredbadge?ItisourHester–thetown’sownHester–whoissokindtothepoor,sohelpfultothesick,socomfortingtotheafflicted.”ThesymbolicletterA