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The black man in The Scarlet Letter is Satan.

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In the The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the symbol "the black man" is symbolized for the Devil. Hawthorne uses the term "The Black Man" to signify the Devil because it gives a human embodiment of Satan himself. "Yes, Mother," answered Pearl. "But if it be the Black Man, wilt thou not let me stay a moment, and look at him, with his book big under his arm?" Pearl states that she knows the whereabouts of "The Black Man" and how he carries his book under his arm, referring to those who sign his book sold their souls (Hawthorne, chapter 16). Another scenario is that Dimmesdale exclaims, "I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am! And Satan laughs at it!" (Hawthorne, pg. 188). Hester claims, "Once in my life I met the Black Man!" "This scarlet letter letter is his mark!" (Hawthorne, pg. 182).

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The Ebsco Article is a letter written to The American Board where he accuses them of accepting of companies that had committed 'perjury' but not accepting any kind of donation from Mr. Rockefeller. He then transfers his blame from the companies and said that Mr. Rockefeller committed perjury as well. All of this is written by and individual claiming they are Satan. This individual is later believed to be the author Mark Twain. This is an analysis of the symbol because Mark Twain is pretending to be Satan and figuratively speaking in the ears of sinners and those he wishes to influence.

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"Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us?"(pg. 74)  Chillingworth is being compared to the devil, because he is turning more and more evil, he is not himself anymore.