Analyzing Social Aspects in the Scarlet Letter Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (A Genetic Structuralism Approach)

Abstract

Analyzing Social Aspects in the Scarlet Letter Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This research aimed to find out how the structural element of the novel supported the whole idea of the story and the social aspects of Nathaniel Hawthorne novel "The Scarlet Letter". This thesis is library research and used descriptive method. The object of this research can be divided into two categories, namely primary and secondary data. The data were collected through several techniques, namely read the novel carefully, looked for the difficult word, taking note of the important parts both primary and secondary data, and then read some related literature to support the object that is analyzed. The result of this research show that the social aspects in the scarlet letter novel are divided into five categories, they are: (1) Family, (2) Religion, (3) Tradition, (4) Economy, (5) Education, and this thesis also described the structural elements that support the whole idea of the story.

Puritan In Lust: The Infidelity Of The Symbol A In The Scarlet Letter

“…This action of Hester shows that there is another image or another character that Nathaniel Hathorne wanted to portray from Hester Prynne. 7 (5) Another previous study is conducted by Sang (2010) with the title An Analysis of Hester's Hypocrisy in The Scarlet Letter. This research attempts to find the real character of Hester Prynne.…”

“…All she did was just obey them without any attempt to deny them 8 . (6) Different from the research above, this one is conducted by Magfirah (2017) entitled Analyzing Social Aspects in The Scarlet Letter Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (A Generic Structuralism Approach). This research is about the social aspects in the novel by employing a generic structuralism theory.…”

“…The result finds out that there are five social categories as the following: family, tradition, education, religion, and economy 9 . (7) Lastly, a research called A Comparative Analysis of The Scarlet Letter from Fiction to Movie was conducted by Zhang in 2017. This research dealt with comparing both the novel and the film of The Scarlet Letter to find the differences in the film adaptation from its original text; novel.…”

“…See Isaoglu (2015) to get more information about a Freudian Psychoanalytic of The Scarlet Letter 7. See Wang (2010) to know about his analysis of Hester Prynne's Feminist Characters 8.…”