Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter


I. Authorial Background.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a prominent American author. He was a fictional writer of romance and sentiment. Nathaniel was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. His mother became widowed when Nathaniel’s father died when he was only four years old. Such a tragedy made Nathaniel dependant on his mother for emotional condolences. Therefore, he acquired sympathetic skills towards his literature. Nathaniel grew up amongst an ancestral background of Puritan forefathers. Puritan consists within the novel, The Scarlet Letter as a repetitive word involved within his life as well. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s life has obviously influenced his writing and creativity needed to successfully compose his masterpiece.

II. Literary Period.
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the masterpiece novel, The Scarlet Letter, in America during the mid 1800’s. Nathaniel related his work to thus a period by u...