In what was often referred to as America’s “promised land, ” exactly this hereditary trait of Hawthorne’s generosity was paternally demonstrated in many cases. Hawthorne believed that only togetherness could save the Union in crucial political moments, and thus he was ready to forgive his compatriots many costly mistakes that were made during their common history. A vivid Biblical imagery, or sometimes even the ingrained Puritan prejudices that were still held by most of the New Englanders of Hawthorne’s period, were used to accomplish this purpose. With his literary work, and notably with The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne always endorsed a clear idea pertaining to the achievement of the New English national unity.
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