"The Scarlet Letter", by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a symbolic book that ventures into an area of ​​human nature little explored by many. This is a silent predator that can stir up any of a number of unpleasant feelings and situations: adultery. The story takes place in colonial America, in a Puritan colony in Boston, where the beliefs and ideals are rather different from those shared in today's America. Over time, cultures and traditions change. When we compare the Puritan colonies to today's United States, we see a dramatic transformation. This applies to everything from religion to government, but especially to lifestyles. Throughout history, there have been positive advances and negative derailments in the form of discoveries and wars. All of these events influenced America's progress. History has a tendency to repeat itself. The Scarlet Letter can be compared to a contemporary event at the turn of the 21st century, the Lewinsky scandal of 1998-99. “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a dark and tragic story of despair, torture, psychological turmoil and infidelity. . The story begins with the introduction of Hester Prynne, a sinner coming out of prison with a child in her arms. She is placed on a raised scaffold in the town square for three hours to be humiliated by the residents of their colony of Boston, Massachusetts. She carries the baby in her arms and wears a scarlet and gold “A” on her dress. The governor and magistrates of the city present her as an adulteress and ask for the name of her fellow sinner. Hester refuses and is condemned to a life of humiliation and banishment. Years pass and the story progresses, showing Hester's daughter Pearl's "mischievous" personality and life with the scarlet "A" on vivid display. In the story, the reader does not know who Hester's adulterous companion is. We discover that, finding herself alone in America after her husband sent her onward but never arrived there himself, Hester committed an act or "crime" of passion. This gives birth to her daughter, Pearl. Through the story, we begin to realize that there is a connection between Hester and the young Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and in the end he is revealed to be Pearl's father. Reverend Dimmesdale is tortured internally by his guilt, and through the story we see how he suffers from heart problems and how he slowly becomes sicker and his health deteriorates...