Abstract: Nathaniel Hawthorne, is one of the establishers of the American literature. He is the considerable romantic writer of the19th century. He is completely influenced by the social background, the times, the family and personal life’s experience. His writings reflect the puritan doctrine. In The Scarlet letter, the writer narrates a tale of strong and pure love. The study analyzes the reasons of the love with reference to the three major characters’ various moods. The study exposes the internal source of tragedy. The study also concerns with females’ conditions and society at that era, expressing the effective of the environmental aspects of the tragedy. Then the study focuses on the writer’s vision experiences and his purpose of creation, to convey the inescapable of the tragic end. The analyses of the novel can provide readers with a systematic and thorough the comprehension of the sources of the tragedy and thus will recognize the connotation of the literary work accurately.