Puritan

from the Puritans as a result of her adulterous sins, Hawthorne seemingly sympathizes with Hester throughout the course of the story by intentionally elucidating a number of hypocrisies and shortcomings that the Puritans, ironically, are unable to recognize in their own corrupt society. Hawthorne, whose dislike for Puritanical Society is believed to have stemmed from his embarrassment of his own Puritan ancestors, uses several literary devices and descriptions…

Puritans came to America to escape persecution and to establish a new sect in which godś laws. the bible and it's message were above mans laws the bible was the key to salvation that’s what puritans believed. The settled, they establish a close-knit community governed by religious faith and strict discipline. Puritans believe that the bible was going to save them, they wanted a better life that why they moved to America and they wanted to be close to god. God and his son Jesus Christ was what…

endanger others. Take the Puritans for an example, the Puritans made laws in order to protect the uniformity of the community. Family and religion were everything to the Puritans, they came to America with little to no information about it. The only feeling of security they had was with their community and religion. In order to keep that feeling of community the laws had to be the way they were, strict with cruel punishments to make sure that everyone stayed in line. The Puritans came to America…

Puritan culture started in the seventeenth century and during this time many people went against God and were considered witches if they had special talents and because people didn’t know how else to look at them. Older women had a harder time admitting they were involved in witchcraft because they have kept the secret for so long. The question is who were the puritans? Christians. They held a much stricter view of their religion than anyone else. They thought that other religions were too…

individual freedom. The Puritans had a lot of strict rules. Everyone had very little individual freedom. They also had too much social order going on. They should of had some rights and freedoms. Rights such as, owning private property and and equal justice. Also freedoms such as, religion and speech. First, owning private property would be the first right they should of had. Today, of someone goes to jail; that person would still have their property. As for the Puritans, it was very…

water they trusted. They found a spring that led into cove, and started a town named Boston, which was the political and economical center of the colony (Morgan 56). With food and water, the settlers were all set to create a flourishing society. The Puritans knew that they had to…

Strengths of the Puritans The Puritans who came to America were a very special kind of people. They had many very admirable characteristics. First of all, they had to possess a great deal of courage and determination to be willing to leave their familiar lives behind and come to an unknown world. Anne Bradstreet, for instance, who was a puritan and was born in England and was raised there until she was 18. “She was married at the age of 16 to Simon Bradstreet,” who at the time…

Puritans came from New England. During the time Puritans came to the “New World”, England was a wreck due to chaos in rulers and religion. The laws were changing due to changes in rulers, and the rulers made new religions and the Puritans had enough. During the 1600’s the Puritans pulled away from their church and traveled to the “New World”. They were called Puritans because they were pure. They migrated all over the place: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, etc. These places…

The novel, The Scarlet Letter, of Puritan society by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This novel was placed in the 1600’s, in Puritan society in New England. A Puritan is someone who simplifies and regulates a form of worship. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Puritan society in this story to show Puritan Religion. He used symbolism to make everything have more than one meaning. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of a Wild Rosebush, Hester's cabin, and Pearl to contribute to…

The name “Puritan” originally was an affront given to the group of people who desired to “purify” the Church of England by traditional Anglicans. The Puritans criticized the Church of England and did not agree with their beliefs and practices. At first, the Puritans did not wish to separate from the church they only desired to transform it. After their failed attempts of trying to recruit the assistance of the archbishop and writing a letter to Parliament, they decided their only option was to…