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Hawthorne And Chillingworth In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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The period during the Salem witch trials in early America was of overzealous, rampant, and malicious accusations. Nathaniel Hawthorne forebear had been a judge, sentencing the accused to death. As a rejection of contemporary puritanical culture and his own forefather, Hawthorne wrote the The Scarlet Letter in 1850. The Scarlet Letter is set Salem, Boston, it follows the progress of Hester Prynne, her daughter Pearl, a sinful minister Arthur Dimmesdale, and the antagonist, Roger Chillingworth. Hester and Dimmesdale commit the sacrilegious act of adultery and the christian influence of the Puritan society drives fervent responses, from both the townsfolk and Chillingworth. These laws based upon puritanical beliefs contribute to its downfall.
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