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PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 1 Introduction A lot of themes have been intensely debated by literary critics since the novel The Scarlet Letter written by American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne came out. Critics hold their own viewpoints respectively. Among these perspectives, symbolism of the capital letter “A”, feminism of the heroine Hester Prynne and self-salvation of the three main characters occupy the vast majority, and the topic of feminism is the most drastically discussed. In this novel, Hawthorne concentrated on describing the weakness and sadness ab