nature through his interpretation of how the Puritans interacted with it‚ how nature itself shaped the personalities and actions of some characters (such as Dimmesdale‚ Hester‚ and Chillingworth)‚ and how Pearl interacted with it. Using nature as a cloak for reality in his novel has influenced the creation of many critical essays that focus on the mythological and archetypal aspects of The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne constantly highlights the Puritans’ discomfort towards nature. When Hester is released
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whole thing was just a dream but unable to regain his faith ever again and unable to look at his fellow townsfolk the same way. Puritans were taught to recognize the negative aspects of their humanity and their unworthiness of God’s Grace. However‚ Hawthorne set this story in the time of the Great Awakening and it is easy to see how he incorporated his ideas of Puritans’ struggles due to the movement into his story. The character Goody Cloyse is thought by Brown to be a witch and a devil worshiper
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them‚ and yes‚ it’s God. Puritans believe that they are doing God’s work and must forever serve him or else they face punishment from others. While Deists and Transcendentalists believe in more of a nature spirit. The latter two‚ however‚ do not nearly compare with the strictness in religion as the Puritans‚ thus creating the change through time. Throughout the major literary philosophies in the United States‚ one can see how the enforcement
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bias‚ and have a clearer perspective of it is those who see what truly needs to be done‚ and what needs to be changed. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a prime example of an outside-in view of a society. It contrasts the nature of the puritan town of Boston against the wildness of a girl who grew up outside of the town‚ Pearl. In doing so he reveals a society that values dullness‚ intolerance‚ and suppressiveness. From the very beginning Pearl was different‚ she was a baby born from
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price. Miller introduces a complex character. John Proctor‚ in the directors notes‚ comes across as a well respected person to the puritan community of Salem Massachusetts. Although would he be if they knew he was harbouring a secret? He is a guilt ridden character who has defied the laws of 17th century Salem. Proctor goes against the norms of the Puritan religion as he has a very critical view of his minister; Parris. He thinks that Parris is materialistic and chooses this over religion
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They began by having “fits” that could not be explained by the local doctor. The doctor who had no explanation for the fits or convulsion like symptoms deemed it witchcraft. This was the beginning of the hysteria that developed in the village and the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials. The people of Salem Village‚ who were Puritans‚ settled there to escape religious persecution for their beliefs. They wanted to purify their religion by getting
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I believe that the real cause of the Salem Witch Trials stemmed from sheer ignorance from the Puritan people. The first factor in the ignorance displayed by the people of Salem was a result of their religion. The Puritans held a firm belief in the Bible and had a strict interpretation of the meaning of what was in the Bible. So they took the Bible passage that reads‚ "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live‚" seriously. I think that this is the very root of the problem: ignorance as a result of religion
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alive in American culture. Fragments of the Puritan way of life‚ rise to power‚ descent‚ and values that remain today are discussed throughout the reading. The Puritan way of life revolved around religion. The population within the movement were trying to receive Gods salvation and tried to live up to what they believed to be Gods instruction. Although most had a pessimistic attitude toward the ability to live in way that was acceptable to God‚ Puritans believed that they were to live in the world
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the Seventeenth Century In the early 17th century‚ numerous Puritans flocked from Britain to the new developing colonies along the east coast of Northern America. Marriage and family values were the epitome of the Puritan way of life. Marriage in Puritan society was greatly influenced by the millennium which led men and women to marry for particular reasons. This can be proven throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible where Puritan couples in Salem‚ Massachusetts such as the Proctors‚ Putnams
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in Salem‚ Massachusetts were becoming oddly stricken by recent events regarding the practice of witchcraft. Through this period of time twenty people were executed due to mere assumption to have been involved in witchcraft or Devil worship. Living through these events and making accounts of them were two men by the names‚ Cotton Mather and John Hale. Both Cotton Mather and John Hale‚ influential Puritan Ministers‚ were supporters of the Salem Witch Trials which took place for two years between 1692
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