Who is the intended audience for the novel The Scarlet Letter?
That is a good question. He wrote of historical times, of sin, guilt, and repentance. He wrote of social mores, social pressure, and the pain of reconciling this with personal morals.
I think the gist of his thrust was to call for repentance, that we are all sinners. This makes for a very wide audience. Sin is in the hearts of man, as is the hope of goodness.
Reading other works by Hawthorne probably is a good idea to answer this question also.
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Another good approach to this question would be to look at the time in which Hawthorne lived. Who was his audience? Most writers are trying to talk to the people of their time and space. What were the problems of his time?
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Hawthorne was writing during the mid-1800s in the United States. He was writing during a time of great social change and upheaval. He was writing during a time of religious revivalism and moral reform. He was writing during a time of great religious and moral debate. So, it is likely that Hawthorne was writing to a wide audience of people who were struggling with the same issues he was. He was likely trying to reach people who were struggling with the same moral and religious issues he was. He was likely trying to reach people who were trying to reconcile their personal beliefs with the social pressures of the time.
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