Puritan

but the community sees her as the devil's offspring, even Hester begins to question her daughter's own morality. Hawthorne criticizes the Puritan way of life through Pearl by mocking their strict lifestyle. She is the physical connection between Hester and Dimmesdale, and Pearl is the reason why they both acknowledged their “sin” and made it public to their Puritan…

Sin in the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a historical fiction novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a hopeless tale of one Hester Prynne, who committed adultery and now has to pay for her crime, and her relationship with the rest of the characters in the book; this reveals how a harsh society can ruin lives. The negative impact of committing sin and secret-keeping is seen throughout the entire tale of The Scarlet Letter; it is portrayed through Hester’s fate, the intertwined lives of…

Cultural Exodus: A Cause and Effect Phenomenon In history, through careful observation one can find certain ideas or events that have a cause and effect correlation with each other. In one scenario, someone’s death can set into motion a chain of events that will eventually create a world war; such is the case of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria causing World War I. Or, in another scenario, a life being spared in that world war can eventually lead to another world war; in…

Throughout the colonial era, most colonists came to America with the desire to partake of a new and better lifestyle, practice their preferred religion freely and openly, and ultimately gain more opportunity. However, they brought with them their old traditional beliefs regarding male and female roles. Although women played a significant part during the 17th century, the colonial societies were clearly defined as male-dominant and women as being inferior to men. Only men could be elected as…

The Chesapeake region and the New England colonies were very different in how they were created and how they were successful; however, being successful is how they were alike. They both struggled and had to overcome obstacles on their way to success. The brutal wilderness that made up the Chesapeake region prompted a slow start for the early settlers. Diseases, such as Malaria, dysentery, and typhoid, ran rampant among the early colonists, cutting ten years off of the life expectancy of new…

of spiritual resemblance, which produces mutual sympathy and boundless affection” (Schweitzer 458). This exert is a reasonable point of departure in examining justice in the American context. In the text, Winthrop explains the reasoning behind the Puritans ' unwillingness to accept the need for state and church separation. Winthrop acknowledged that a natural separation exists between social classes, he believed that God created this separation for a reason, to bring racial classes closer…

major ways by the heavy impact of Puritan culture, and the establishment of the church as the centre of society. The Middle Atlantic colonies were also shaped by religion, specifically the belief in religious freedom held by the Quakers. The Quaker colonies were also shaped by the strongly held values of equality. The religious values held in the colonies shaped them in many ways, and continued to impact their development throughout time.…

Puritanism is a religion that believes man is inherently flawed. The practicing Puritans focus on outward manifestation of inner goodness and try to keep up appearances of not losing sight of their faith. This ideology placed upon people has detrimental effects to human nature. In both, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, by Mary Rowlandson, explore themes of hypocrisy and prejudice. On one hand we have Mr. Hooper who is on receiving end…

Anne Hutchinson created her own interpretation of the Puritan teachings and didn’t conform to some of the beliefs, just as Hester created for herself the new meaning behind the scarlet letter. Anne also was tried in court and found guilty of heresy similar to how Hester was tried on the scaffold and found guilty…

want to colonize North America. Individuals wanted to own land which was in scarce supply in Europe. They wanted to enjoy a better living than Europe could offer them. Also, many of the colonists were part of the Christian minority groups such as Puritans…