# Satan — The Scarlet Letter character guide

> Satan in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Black Man, Black Man, Man, old Black Man, The Devil

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-the-marketplace

## Who they are

The embodiment of evil, often invoked by townspeople and Mistress Hibbins.

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