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Scarlet Letter Puritan Views
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“The principal action of The Scarlet Letter occurs in the Boston of 1640’s, a somber, gray, violently moral community founded as a kind of Puritan utopia.” In this book the Puritan lifestyle is clearly misrepresented. Hawthorne’s words clearly express his distaste for the Puritan culture and lifestyle, which he shows through his depiction of the townspeople’s hypocrisy, and also through his representation of the priests and the governor’s greed. ... His family name at his birth was Nathaniel Hathorne (which was not spelled with a “W”), though after Hawthorne had done some extensive research on the Salem Witch Trials and the Puritan culture, he became disgusted with their entire way of life and thence added a “W” to his family name which he carried until his death. ... He is supposed to exemplify Puritan life, and yet he lives extravagantly and selfishly, and even has a sister who is a self-proclaimed witch.
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Title: Scarlet Letter Puritan Views
Words: 744
Rating: None
Pages: 3
submitted by: cavs033
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