The Scarlet Letter There were many great works of writing during the romantic period of writing. Many works that captured the readers imagination. They would give people thoughts and fantasies of things that could happen. It used many depictions of and how things were during that time period. They were also very creative. These romantic stories captured great detail and imagery for the reader. Romantic stories of this time period used much symbolism in them …showed first 75 words of 1470 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1470 total…to the bottom of that mystery. He is a very conventional romantic period writer. This book may have been written years ago, but it is a classic because of the way it still applies to life. The symbols and mysteries remind us of things that we go through in some of our lives today. Hawthorne deserves much credit for being able to effect the lives of people still after 200 years since he wrote this novel.