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Abstract: The Scarlet Letter makes the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne known all around the world. Hawthorne is a pious Christian, and is deeply influenced by the theology. He’s so much indulged in the religious doctrine that people can find t he reflection of the God almost everywhere in his works. After reading The Scarlet Letter, one is mostly impressed by the spirit of The Bible the story depicted. The book chiefly discusses sin and how to atone for it. Hester Prynne is the heroine of the fiction. This paper researches her fate to illustrate the influence of The Bible to Hawthorne. Hester Prynne commits adultery and is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A”on her breast. At the beginning, she encounters all kinds of sufferings, both from the society and from her own soul. However, she realizes her sin and tries her best to atone for it. And she dose not choose to avoid her fault. Finally, through her endeavor, God forgives her. In short, sin and atoning for sin, that is the purpose of this paper.

Keywords: The Scarlet Letter., Hester Prynne, The Bible, sin and atonement.

Chapter One: Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne…………………………………...P1

Chapter Two Depravity---the Origin of the Scarlet Letter…………………………..P2 Chapter Three: Hester Prynne’s Resur rection --- From Suffering and Redemption to Salvation……………………………………………………………………………...P5 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….P10 References…………………………………………………………………………..P11 Hester Prynne---Resurrection

Chapter One: Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne

With the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne became one of the greatest writer at that time and built his reputation as a major American author. Since that time on, people began to take great interest in all aspects of his life and a