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Perspectives on New Historicism, Feminist Criticism and Deconstruction in Nathaniel Hawthornes The carmine Letter IntroductionNathaniel Hawthornes The florid Letter has been a highly debatable topic ofnumerous life-sustaining essays, written by scholars who approach the novel from variousperspectives of literary criticism. Due to the kind of perspectives, the questions proposed by these scholars vary and hence the conclusions they arrive at by examining the same literary text may differ not only within a range, but in addition may even seem contrary to unmatched another. The aim of this paper is to provide a comparison between iii of the critical perspectives New Historicism, Feminist Criticism and Deconstruction, each represented by an essay relating to one of the viewpoints of Nathaniel Hawthornes novel.In order to begin my comparison of these three critical perspectives, I will first needto provide general definitions of terms. These definitions may be considered incomplete and they will not cover every detail, as is perhaps required for an encyclopedia of literary terms. My attempt is rather to provide a rough overview of keywords and ideas that relate to each perspective, and this overview will primarily be based upon the introductions to each essay provided by Russ C. Murfin.The comparison and contrast includes an outline of similarities and differencesbetween the authors perspectives and literary concepts depicted in each composition. Eachfragment of literary text is evaluated gibe to its aims, goals and questions which are proposed. Another aspect of my discussion will incorporate selected citations taken directly from the novel, which are utilized by each scholar to support his or her c... ...y nor that the distinctions between each perspective are absolute. The separation of the different perspectives is complex and ambiguous. Therefore the apparent relation between the different aspects partly coincide with one another.Works citedBenstock, Shari, The Scarlet Letter (a) dore or the Female Body Embrodidered, in Ross C Murfin,ed., Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Boston St. Martins Press, 1991Bercovitch, Sacvan, Hawthornes A-Morality of Compromise, in Ross C Murfin, ed., NathanielHawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Boston St. Martins Press, 1991Murfin, Ross C., ed., Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Boston St. Martins Press, 1991Ragussis, Micharl, Silence, Family Discourse, and Fiction in The Scarlet Letter, in Ross C Murfin,ed., Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Boston St. Martins Press, 1991