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Hawthorne handles his flirtation with the supernatural in various ways and I feel that they are expressed through three themes and those themes are wildness, the scarlet color, and honesty. Many times with in the story pearl is regarded as being a wild child and fitting in with nature or being an elf child. When Dimmesdale finally admits that Pearl is his child it is if that wildness leaves and pearl becomes a normal human …

…when Hester and Dimmesdale made plans to flee to England. Truth is a great force related to supernatural events. In order to fully understand the book you must truly understand the various supernatural events within the book and their underlings. Hawthorne handles his flirtation with the super natural by expressing it through various themes. The three themes used to express Hawthorne’s flirtation with supernatural events within The Scarlet Letter are honesty, wildness, and scarlet.