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In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's purpose as a writer is to tell the truths of the human heart; yet, he tells truths most ambiguously. Hawthorne, as narrator, allows us the freedom to choose from among possible meanings. He often makes us see how differently the same reality may be read. This ambiguity in the novel is the important aspect of Hawthorne′s method and cannot be other than intentional. Hawthorne′s ambiguity in The Scarlet Letter is more than a matter of theme. In fact the settings of his works are unique what we call neutral ground which is neither an actual nor an imaginative world. In The Scarlet Letter, the actual world mainly means the history of New England used in his works.Narrator's ambiguous narration is a result not only of his choice the words and narrative structure but also of his narrative's consistently telling series of contrasting alternatives. Sometimes, all of the various explanations may be taken as true, or none may be true. Thus, ambiguity is more than a matter of content; It is a part of the core of The Scarlet Letter.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, ambiguity, symbolism, The Scarlet Letter, narrative strategy]
