On the permanent theme and artistic style of Hawthorne's writings viewed from THE SCARLET LETTER

This paper makes an analytical introduction of the social background and living experiences of the famous American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, bringing about a detailed exposition of the writer's well-known master piece novel THE SCARLET LETTER. The paper thereby demonstrates Hawthorne's unique romantic artistic writing skills as well as his clever adaptation of symbolism in his novels. At the same time, Hawthorne is strongly influenced by Calvinism, which declares that man is basically sinful. Owing to such a deeply-rooted guiding idea, Hawthorne makes the sin theme permanent one in his novel, and he is particularly adept in describing the subtle psychological state of man, all of which is well reflected in his novel THE SCARLET LETTER.