The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter Narrator:

Who is the narrator, can she or he read minds, and, more importantly, can we trust her or him?

Third Person Omniscient Narrator

The narrator follows the activities of all the characters from chapter to chapter, revealing their internal thoughts and secret actions. The narrator reveals much about each character that they do not know about each other or even about themselves. He is also inclined to give his own two cents at any given moment, which we may or may not buy.

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