John Winthrop

The Scarlet Letter is a telling a story about a young adulteress named Hester Prynne who was just shortly released from jail after having a bastard child by the name of Pearl. While she has been waiting for her husband for two years who she presumed dies in a boat accident on his way to their new home in Massachusetts. One of the conditions of her release from jail is that she will be forced to wear a Scarlett “A” is publicly shamed where she spots her presumed dead husband in the crowd. He…

In 1635, John Winthrop expelled Roger Williams from Massachusetts. John Winthrop was scared of Williams’ ideas on divorce, church and state, and slavery. Williams was very ahead of his time because his ideas are the bias for how society thinks about issues today. He even had his personal ideas used in the Constitution. After his exile, Williams got caught lost in a forest during one of the greatest winter storms ever recorded. He stumbled upon foreign lands that would soon become Rhode Island…

forming the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among these 500, was John Winthrop, who was chosen as their first governor. His eyes were focused upon God and his heart was set on freedom. Wishing to create a perfect model society, he wasted no time. Born in England, Winthrop belonged to the gentry, which dominated English society for one hundred years. He attended Trinity College in Cambridge, where he studied law. Being an avid man of Puritanism, Winthrop, lost his job of three years in 1629 as a…

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a group of people named the Puritans sought to flee from the country of England in an effort to escape the Anglican church to find religious freedom. The Puritans sought to purify the church and remove some factors, such as corruption. After first attempting to settle in Holland, they immigrated to the New World where they began to live in communities that allowed them to be within close proximity to each other. Inside of these tightly knit…

In a society that was intolerant, simplistic and religious, there was a woman who had violated one of the major beliefs in which the town’s members believed in. Hester Prynne committed the sin of adultery with the minister of the town and had a child while still being married to her long, lost husband. As a punishment of this sin, Hester has to stand in front of the whole town on a scaffold while holding her baby, Pearl, as described in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in the mid-seventeenth century in a Puritan community which used to be known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The main character, Hester Prynne committed adultery by having a child through an affair and struggled throughout the story because of how her society is treating her. The author, Nathaniel seems to have an interest in his Puritan ancestors, this story shows his knowledge of their beliefs, values and how things were like during the…

The theme of nature is portrayed heavily in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Nature is used to show the freedom or/and exclusion in characters such as Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and mostly Pearl as its symbols such as light/darkness, religion and the forest act upon them. This nineteenth century romantic novel portrays themes of Puritan religion that are contrasted profoundly with nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the comparison of light and darkness to expose both the good and evil in…

Greed is considered one of the seven deadly sins, which means wanting too much of something and never being satisfied , this sin is presented as a theme in the novella The Pearl , written by John steinbeck which talks about mainly about an indian legend of ( the pearl of the world) and what this discovery of this pearl effects the life of the main character and his family, this novella starts by showing the readers about kino's life " the main character " before he finds the great pearl and…

The Scarlet Letter is an intriguing book that shows you how one event in your life can make you look like a plague or unappealing. It also shows how hypocritical people can be. Throughout most of the book the people sin, but they assume it’s alright since Hester’s is worse. This helps develop the story, symbols, and theme that is displayed throughout the book. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter using a descriptive, narrative style. Hawthorne chose this style to intricately explain a…

John Calvin once said, “A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.” In other words, if you sin and don't confess, you are a coward. This describes Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale was afraid his actions would make him hated. He wallowed in his pain privately, unlike Hester and Pearl, who suffered publicly. Through Dimmesdale, Hawthorne taught us the importance of being truthful, especially to yourself. Although he…