The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about Hester Prynne who has committed the great sin of adultery, and her bearing an improper child has cast her out of society. For people in the twenty-first century, it is hard to understand the punishment Hester was given. She had to live and work with the people in her town, interact with them on a daily basis, yet never forget her enormous sin. To emphasize this, she was obligated to wear the letter “A” on her chest at all times. This may seem like a strange punishment since the citizens in the town already knew about Hester's sins. But the wearing of the letter “A” and the way Hester is forced to live her life, shows the intensity of the religious oppression under which the Puritans lived.
To better understand the novel, it best to understand the Puritan movement. In the sixteenth century, the separation of Puritans from the Anglican church began in England. The Anglican church was created due to political reasoning, even though England was a Protestant country. The Church was created by the monarch family. Due to the major changes of religion in England between Protestants, Catholics, and Anglicans. The Puritans, who follow …show more content…
Admittedly, there are several important strikes against her making such a move. To begin with, she is a woman, and it was unheard of and probably suicidal for a woman to travel alone unaccompanied; also, it is unlikely that there would have been any settlements nearby where her reputation would not follow her in very short order. Nonetheless, she shows herself to be a woman of great ingenuity and recourse, and it would seem that with some assistance she certainly has an ally in Dimmesdale; a covert relocation to another colony could have been
To better understand the novel, it best to understand the Puritan movement. In the sixteenth century, the separation of Puritans from the Anglican church began in England. The Anglican church was created due to political reasoning, even though England was a Protestant country. The Church was created by the monarch family. Due to the major changes of religion in England between Protestants, Catholics, and Anglicans. The Puritans, who follow …show more content…
Admittedly, there are several important strikes against her making such a move. To begin with, she is a woman, and it was unheard of and probably suicidal for a woman to travel alone unaccompanied; also, it is unlikely that there would have been any settlements nearby where her reputation would not follow her in very short order. Nonetheless, she shows herself to be a woman of great ingenuity and recourse, and it would seem that with some assistance she certainly has an ally in Dimmesdale; a covert relocation to another colony could have been