What was the Purpose of the Custom House in the novel The Scarlet Letter?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It is used as a "frame" around the actual story in an attempt to make it appear more historically believable. Had Hawthorne merely told the story, the reader would assume it was fiction. By framing it within a "modern" setting where the narrator finds a manuscript and reads it, the reader is invited to see the story as "fact" rather then "fiction".

Answer 3

it is the world n its full swing of hypocrisy if i remember it correctly it is the place where hester is being tried!