The narrator’s attitude towards the Puritans is very negative. He portrays them as unforgiving and cold-hearted people. The Puritans believe that people who have sinned must confess their sins and be punished for them. They punish anybody who has sinned and use them as an example to others. This is the case with Hester Prynne because she has committed adultery and is condemned to wear a scarlet letter on all of her clothing to show the crime she has committed. She was also forced to stand on a scaffold to be publicly shamed. The Puritan women thought her punishment was not severe enough. When discussing this, one of the women said, “At the very least they should have put the brand of hot iron on Hester Prynne’s forehead” (Hawthorne, 5). This
