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Hawthorne and puritanism
Title: Hawthorne and puritanism
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 135 | Pages: 0.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hawthorne and puritanism
The writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, portrays the Puritan
society in his novel, the "The Scarlet Letter". Through out
this novel, Hawthorne shows the reader certain aspects of
his opinion of the Puritan society. Hawthorne is constantly
judging the Puritans and it's standards of morality. A
number of Puritans do not agree with Hawthorne's novel, such
as how he portrays the society's methods of punishment and
it's hypocrisy. Hawthorne depicts his opinion through the
four, major characters …showed first 75 words of 135 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 135 total…as how he portrays the society's methods of punishment and
it's hypocrisy. Hawthorne depicts his opinion through the
four, major characters of his novel, Hester Prynne, Arthur
Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Pearl.
Hawthorne does not condone Hester's adultery, but he
does find it less serious a sin than the sins of Dimmesdale
and Chillingworth. He portrays the puritan women, who
believe in harsh punishments towards Hester, as
"hard-featured dames". " This woman has brought shame upon
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