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Use of Romanticism in Development of Characters in The scarlet earn In Hawthornes reve florid novel The Scarlet Letter, the subprogram of Romanticism plays an central role in the development of his characters. He effectively demonstrates individualism in Hester to further our understanding of the difficulties of living in the stern, joyless piece of Puritan natural England. It is all gloom and doom. If the sun ever shines, one could hardly notice. The entire place seems to be shrouded in black. The people of this society were stern, and oppress natural compassionate impulses and emotions than any society before or since. But for this reason specifically, emotions began bubbling and eventually boiled over, passions a novelist such as Hawthorne could set aside at red heat and use for the basis of an effective novel. Hawthorne shows Hesters sheer determination to live in this society directly through her actions and relations to others, and indirectly through the pre sentment of herself and her child and through her internal emotio nal struggle. Hesters adultery creates a feeling of dismay and hostility within the people of Boston. They are not however shocked that she has do such a thing, but also because she wont reveal the name of the father of the child. Although the usual penalty for adultery is death, the Puritan magistrates have heady to be charitable to her declaring that Hesters punishment will be to stand for several hours on the scaffold, in full view of everyone. In this powerful but wicked story, (Chorley 184) Hester realizes her sin, and acknowledges that she must commit the price for her crimes. She might, Hawthorne tells us, have left the narrow-minded colony to start life all over... ...liffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, 1968. Gerber, prank C. Form and Content in The Scarlet Letter. The Scarlet Letter An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds,and Sources Criticism. Eds. Sculley Bradley et al. New York W. W. Norton, 1978. Ha wthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Ed. Brian Harding. Oxford Oxford 1990. Loring, George B. Hawthornes Scarlet Letter 1850 The Scarlet Letter Text, Sources, Criticism. Kenneth S. Lynn. New York Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. Matthiessen, F. O. Allegory and Symbolism. Twentieth carbon Interpretations of The Scarlet Letter. Ed. John C. Gerber. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968. Waggoner, Hyatt Howe. Three Orders Natural, Moral, Symbolic. The Scarlet Letter An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, and Sources Criticism. Eds. Sculley Bradley et al. New York W. W. Norton, 1978. Use of Romanticism in Development of Characters in The Scarlet Letter EUse of Romanticism in Development of Characters in The Scarlet Letter In Hawthornes revered novel The Scarlet Letter, the use of Romanticism plays an important role in the development of his characters. He effectively demonstrates individualism in Hester to further our understanding of the diffi culties of living in the stern, joyless world of Puritan New England. It is all gloom and doom. If the sun ever shines, one could hardly notice. The entire place seems to be shrouded in black. The people of this society were stern, and repressed natural human impulses and emotions than any society before or since. But for this reason specifically, emotions began bubbling and eventually boiled over, passions a novelist such as Hawthorne could seize at red heat and use for the basis of an effective novel. Hawthorne shows Hesters sheer determination to live in this society directly through her actions and relations to others, and indirectly through the presentation of herself and her child and through her internal emotio nal struggle. Hesters adultery creates a feeling of dismay and hostility within the people of Boston. They are not only shocked that she has done such a thing, but also because she wont reveal the name of the father of the child. Although the usual penalty fo r adultery is death, the Puritan magistrates have decided to be merciful to her declaring that Hesters punishment will be to stand for several hours on the scaffold, in full view of everyone. In this powerful but painful story, (Chorley 184) Hester realizes her sin, and acknowledges that she must pay the price for her crimes. She might, Hawthorne tells us, have left the narrow-minded colony to start life all over... ...liffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, 1968. Gerber, John C. Form and Content in The Scarlet Letter. The Scarlet Letter An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds,and Sources Criticism. Eds. Sculley Bradley et al. New York W. W. Norton, 1978. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Ed. Brian Harding. Oxford Oxford 1990. Loring, George B. Hawthornes Scarlet Letter 1850 The Scarlet Letter Text, Sources, Criticism. Kenneth S. Lynn. New York Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. Matthiessen, F. O. Allegory and Symbolism. Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Scarlet Letter. Ed. John C. Gerber. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968. Waggoner, Hyatt Howe. Three Orders Natural, Moral, Symbolic. The Scarlet Letter An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, and Sources Criticism. Eds. Sculley Bradley et al. New York W. W. Norton, 1978.