The Scarlet Letter: Guilt, Strength and Revenge Guilt, strength, and revenge are three very important components of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book tells of a woman's struggle to gain respect and mother the child which is the fruit of her sin after she commits adultery with the town's minister. The Scarlet Letter is a well written book that focuses on what symbolizes the main characters lives and what effect those symbols have on the characters. The Scarlet Letter is a book that contains and utilizes symbols within its characters and its setting. Natha