Richard Chase argues that Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is to be taken as a work of fiction or a myth of sorts, and not as a social commentary on political issues. Chase thoroughly describes the allegorical symbols in the novel and considers it as an “artview of the world”, but still touches on the political problems discussed in Hawthorne’s book. He agrees that “...there are elements of social comment in The Scarlet Letter...” like feminism for example. Even though, Hawthorne might be commenting on feminism and sort, he is not a political writer, therefore his commentary would be inaccurate. Furthermore, Hawthorne offers no “...theory or consistent view of history…” therefore, his perspective would not be credible. The Scarlet Letter is an
