The propose of this paper is not to prapabe an additional interpretation of Hawdorne`s The Scarlet letter but to explain its poetics by the employment of Jacques Derrida`s did$quot;. Above all, Derrida`s diffe´rance is a new word which incorporates two significations : $quot;to differ$quot; and $quot;to differ.$quot; is so called the space-time continuum in die context of meaning, and emphasizes a temporary appearance and the absence of transcendental signified 1n this light, words are the deferred presences of the things they mean, and their ring is guided in difference. In The Scarlet Later, the letter A`s absolute reality is deferred in terms of Deirida`s diffe´rance. Narrative of the text itself is developed by die traces of the letter $quot;A$quot;. At first, the $quot;A$quot; is introduced as a symbol of shame, but following Hester`s transformation, the signified of the $quot;A$quot; multiply. The signifier $quot;A$quot; has many signified as traces, ranging from the negative $quot;adulteress$quot; to die mae positive $quot;art$quot;, $quot;able$quot;, $quot;adored$quot;, or, $quot;angel$quot;. The $quot;A$quot; apes an inexhaustible chain of substitutions (adulteress, anguish, angel, able, adored, autonomy, ambiguity, etc.). Thus die presence of determinate meaning is wader all the time, but exists only as a trace. These indeterminate signified of the letter $quot;A$quot; are the multiplicity of the voices that signify $quot;A$quot; for America. Finally die fiction ends with the tombstone`s heraldic legend, $quot;On a FIELD, SABLE, THE LETTER A, GULES,$quot; which is actually not an ending at all. The indeterminate letter $quot;A$quot; exists only in different interpretations of the endless signification process. So a reader`s to the teed is a result of Hawthorne`s postmodern perception of reality, producing an inevitable indefinite interpretation. That is, the letter A, which is by design indeterminate, introduces diffe´rance as a necessary part of a reader`s response.