This paper ventures to apply Mikhail Bakhtin’s proposition of dialogue in novelistic discourses to the analysis of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The critique of this novel shows that the general public, the doctor, Hester Prynne, Mr. Dimmesdale and Pear can all be likened to interlocutors in a conversation, each representing a different point of view. As the plot unfolds, their voices crisscross and interact with one another to generate multi-dimensional meanings concerning institution, conformity, defiance and human nature. This paper ventures to apply Mikhail Bakhtin’s proposition of dialogue in novelistic discourses to the analysis of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The critique of this novel shows that the general public, the doctor, Hester Prynne, Mr. Dimmesdale and Pear can all be like to interlocutors As a plot unfolds, their voices crisscross and interact with one another generate generate multi-dimensional meanings of institutions, conformity, defiance and human nature.