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Essay Archive - The Scarlet Letter - Puritan Society
The Scarlet Letter - Puritan Society
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around
a rigid Puritan society in which one is unable to divulge his or her
innermost thoughts and secrets. Every human being needs the opportunity to
express how he or she truly feels, otherwise the emotions are bottled up
until they become volatile. Unfortunately, Puritan society did not permit
this kind of expression, thus characters had to seek alternate means to
relieve their personal anguishes and desires. Luckily, at least for the
four main characters, Hawthorne provides such a sanctuary in the form of
the mysteriou....
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