ourselves. When Hester was standing on the scaffold she is not thinking about being punished. She is having flashbacks to earlier times and feeling guilty for what she had done. The scaffold is a platform used for redemption and a symbol of the harsh Puritan code. Hester’s punishment for her sin of adultery is to wear the letter A on the outside of her dress and stand on the scaffold in front of the whole town to see her and her baby. By using the scaffold as a place where Hester is sentenced to stand
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The Scarlet Letter include instance of settlers of the New England colonies being affected by Puritan law. Their commentary on Puritan society is spread throughout their works. Their views on the laws set forth by Puritanism are easily found within their stories about the various occurrences in a theocracy. Through their writing‚ we can understand Hawthorne’s and Miller’s ideas about several aspects of Puritan society‚ such as the community’s treatment of outsiders‚ Puritanical views about sin and forgiveness
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forced to wear a scarlet stitched letter “A” on her chest after she had committed adultery. Although Hester was shamed and shunned by society she was lucky by Puritan standards to not be physically punished or even killed (“Puritan” US). Many adulterers in the Massachusetts Bay Company were subjected to public whippings and public executions (“Puritan” US). Hester’s sinful act was obviously very selfish and evil‚ Hester’s confession and punishment‚ which may seem extremely harsh in today’s world‚ changed
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Religion played a powerful and influential role in early American Literature. The Puritans‚ who were some of the earliest American settlers used religion as a way to express gratitude to God for giving them the strength to sustain life during the best and worst of times. The main purpose of the Puritans traveling to The New World was because they were unhappy with religious practices in England and did not want God to become displeased with them. They had a strong desire to practice their faith based
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hill” is a religious version. Religion has always played an important role in shaping American society and government. The intended audience of John Winthrop’s sermon given on the ship Arabella was the Puritans on their journey to their new home in North America. His purpose was to motivate the Puritans to become a model society based on their strong religious belief. This belief is still so important in the modern world because America still wants to be an example for the whole world. John Winthrop
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disease and famine in the first winter killed half of the settlers‚ he writes that God gave them strength to overcome. A Puritan ideal was a community dedicated to living a pure lifestyle with a clear sense of right and wrong. Within the Colony there were several clashes with non-pilgrim “strangers” (Bradford 81)‚ who had values and lifestyles not in keeping with the Puritan ideals. Prosperity in the later years of the Colony was believed by Bradford to be the cause of the dismantling of the community
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Introductory Paragraph Lead: Follow Up: Issue at Hand: Claim/thesis: in the puritan life they always follow the bible to help them with their culture Body Paragraph ( CEA RST) Method CLAIM - position The Puritan values affected us in a positive way because the bible is a map plan out for your life because if you do something wrong you can go to the bible and correct your mistakes by asking for forgiveness. EVIDENCE- Data: For example‚ when something goes wrong in someone’s life‚ people tend
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Influenced Styles Throughout history‚ writers have used many different styles to articulate their beliefs‚ and each new idea seems to evolve from an outgoing style. Washington Irving‚ an American author who wrote the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker"‚ was one of many to go completely against this trend in the United States during the 18th century. He helped to introduce American Romanticism to the masses‚ a bold move considering that the general public still idolized Puritanical or Classicist
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where everyone strives to be perfect and people who struggle publicly are shunned. This is what many puritan societies that were established in the new world looked like. Personal struggles were seen as weakness‚ and were to be kept to oneself. In his novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the alienation of his character‚ Hester Prynne‚ to reveal that the strict moral values of her Puritan community are not followed for God’s glory but for personal gain‚ and how they hypocritically judge
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by the government and that a person could be put it in jail for. A sin is breaking a moral law that a person would not go to jail for but may receive punishment for‚ and committing sins is commonly associated with religions. For example‚ in the Puritan society there is little separation between religion and law so adultery is first considered a sin but then adulterers are punished as if it was a crime (Ch. 2‚ 42). In today’s society adultery or cheating on your significant other is still considered
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