The Scarlet Letter Group
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dvanbramer88
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High School - 10th Grade
Themes reocur in N.H's stories.How are these important to the development of the plot and also to the development of the 3 main adult characters?
These themes are: the individuals isolation from the community, the influence of the past on the present, the consequence of sin and guilt, and the evil of manipulation.
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