Ethical Issues In Scarlet Letter

The United States is characterized by its separation from church and state, albeit many colonists who came here from the UK were Separatists looking for religious freedom. This created a religiously tolerant New World. The New World remained religiously tolerant, even after the American Revolution, yet made the major change of separating the church from state. This was a wise move, as religion can be vague in ways that government should not be if these two were connected. The separation allowed for many separate religions to flourish free from regular persecution, yet not being forced into one statewide religion. The split between religion and government was essential to the creation of America and still is today.
In Puritan times, from 1650 to 1750, government was strongly backed by religion and vice versa. The two went hand in hand at the, current time being, English colonies. This heavily impacted the way the colonies operated at that time. This is definitely being experienced in the times of The Scarlet Letter when protagonist Hester Prynne is being tried for the time of adultery, which an important thing to add is this is not even triable for punishment in court anymore, it is
This proved to be unethical as The Scarlet Letter proves it to be. Throughout the majority of the novel, Hester’s partner in the affair is left unknown, but later on in the book, we are then revealed that the town’s pastor, Dimmesdale, was who Hester had sinned with. This is incredibly significant to show that however integrated your religion and government are, they can’t prevent crimes from happening. The intricate commingling of church and state is bred for issues, yet it does allow for many to feel as if actions are at their personal cost as opposed to being accidents or things of that