" Alienation is perhaps the theme [Hawthorne] handles with the greatest power. "Insulation," he sometimes called it- which suggest not only isolation but imperviousness... Its causes are many and complex, its results simple: it puts one outside the "magic circle" or the &...

From unwed motherhood to sex and adultery, many of the moral issues and stigmas of Puritan society are still being dealt with today. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a large, red "A" on her chest when she is found guilty of adultery and refuses to name the father of her illeg...

From unwed motherhood to sex and adultery, many of the moral issues and stigmas of Puritan society are still being dealt with today. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a large, red "A" on her chest when she is found guilty of adultery and refuses to name the father of her illegit...