Vol. 11, Issue 2, Part D (2025)

Abstract
“The Scarlet Letter” was published in 1850 and was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was a novelist and short story writer. The novel explores the love story of Hester and Dimmesdale. They committed a sin, but society is so corrupted that they only pointed fingers at Hester and she gets public punishment. Dimmesdale takes refuge in his position as a priest. This paper will highlight how nature acts and punishes Dimmesdale in the form of internal conflict in comparison to Hester’s public punishment. Nature also exposes the corrupt nature of society, where rank may save a person from the public's scrutiny even after committing a sin.