ipl-logo

Acute Christian Puritanism In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

375 Words2 Pages
Option #4 is a style blend of options #1 and #2 with its muted colors and detailed figures manifesting the dark yet stupefying story of Hester Prynne. One of the foremost obvious things on the cover is the woman, presumably Hester, looking at the church with unease. Within the novel, Hawthorne establishes to readers that acute Christian Puritanism is the very thing that maroons Hester in shame and loneliness. This being said, her unease at the physical manifestation of this belief is both reasonable and a large theme for a fellow character, Arthur Dimmesdale. When Hester’s punishment is being revealed to the public for the first time, the townspeople “[are] stern enough to look upon her death… without a murmur at its severity” (Hawthorne 53-54)
Open Document