The Scarlet Letter: Yin and Yang in Literature.

... Michael Tafoya Mrs. Green English 11 AP, period 6 January 6, 2001 The Scarlet Letter: Yin and Yang in Literature Many people of the world contend with living their life as realistically as they can, knowing where their limits are. To them, life has a tragic dimension to it, where all that one desires may not turn out as he or she hoped it would. And through this time, some endure hardships that test their levels of patience, dexterity, and will. In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorn writes of a woman's seven years of pain-staking tribulations, and how she manages to cope with life through this hard time. By employing realistic characters, themes, emotions, Hawthorne creates a sense that there is a great gap between human desire and human possibility. A mother's job includes teaching her children to respect the morals of nature and of society, while at the same time living according to

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