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Juxtaposing the Dark and Light The essence of the hypocritical, paradoxical, intolerant and deeply religious American Puritanical society is ever omnipresent in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. His brilliant use of the Puritan society surpasses the setting and is molded into the demeanor of his characters and therefore highlights the intricacies of his theme. The rigid Puritan moral and social code reverberates throughout all aspects of the novel and Hawthorne allows The Scarlet Letter to be interpreted as a story of sins and sinners; where sin and its punishment are eternal and immutable. His dark and gloomy tone seen throughout The Scarlet Letter seems to adhere to this way of thinking. But Nathaniel Hawthorne through his all-encompassing conflict between the restriction and piety of Puritan society and the desires and powers of individual underscores his bleak tone with a lighter one, which accentuates hope and romanticism. Although Nathaniel Hawthorne...

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