Author's Purpose: The purpose the author is trying to portray to the reader is the impact of social society. This novel was written around the time of the French Revolution; Hawthorne may have been trying to relate that transition with the change happening/needed to happen in the New World.
Tone: The author wants the reader to feel indignation for the way Hester was treated by the ones around her.
Mood: The mood of this novel is sympathy for Hester because she had a child with a man who does not pay much attention to her. Also, there is anger because of how her husband sent her away with a false promise of shortly following her.
Voice: We believe the voice of this novel to be very detailed and emotional. The author didn't use much punctuation, so that created a sense of frustration toward society.
Syntax: The author's syntax was very confusing in the beginning. He used extreme detail throughout the entire book to describe people's emotions, settings, and the way of people's thinking.
Climax: The climax of this novel is when Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl are on the scaffold in the middle of the night and they see a scarlet 'A' meteor fly through the sky. Also, another point of climax is when Hester decides to tell Dimmesdale who Chillingworth is in relation to her.
Foreshadowing: In the scene of when the stranger (Chillingworth) inquires about who and why the woman is on the scaffold foreshadows that the stranger clearly has a relation to her.
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