The Devil And Evil s Influence On The Scarlet Letter

Jaren Jackson Mr. Martin 17 September 2014 The Devil and Evil’s Influence in the Scarlet Letter In the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne makes many references to the devil and evil’s influence on major characters and on the people in the town. The major characters change the way they act towards one another, and are physically and mentally affected negatively. The evil influence not only affects how the people in the town act towards each other but if affects how different people view the scarlet letter that Hester wears. Hawthorne also tries to convince the reader that Pearl’s existence is evil, but good things can come from evil as well as bad. By describing these instances Hawthorne drives the point that the devil and evil overtime are prominent themes and shape the plot. Throughout the story Roger Chillingworth slowly transforms and is comparable to the devil. There are phases to this transformation. 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