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What is Hawthorne's purpose for the first four chapters of The Scarlet Letter?

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Hawthorne's purpose for the first four chapters of The Scarlet Letter is to portray what is the Puritan Law and its effects to the people. He is referring the Puritan law as rust of tradition and it has obsolete purpose.
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