The Scarlet Letter In The Mid-Seventeen-Century

The Scarlet Letter in the Mid-Seventeen Century The Scarlet Letter a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the nineteen centuries the age of reason, while written about the seventeen centuries. Nathaniel Hawthorne used his perception of the age of reasoning to give his audience a new view of the seventeen centuries. Even though during that time the settlers wanted to be pure under the eye of God they also wanted to have all sorts of benefits. That is not only in the novel like that but it is also implemented in the actual time period. During the time, the novel was written about everyone hide their faces from the surface of the crowd just as the church, Government and the actions the Puritans did to the Native Americans.

Native Americans

The reasons why the Puritans fled from the old world was because many of them felt religious pressure from the Catholic church. Even though the bible was translated into English in the sixteenth century by William Tyndale an English scholar, many did not know how to read therefore they could still be miss taught by supreme intellectuals. As soon some learned how to read, a group of people with the same mindset got together and called each other Puritans and wanted to start a new pure life in the New World. In the New World, they made new law according to the holy scripture. That is also mentioned in the novel in various occasions when Hester Prynne the main character of the novel was judged based on the “Righteous Law” for having a child with another man that was not her husband. The townspeople in the novel take scripture so series that they say in chapter 2 and 3 that penalty was not severing enough. However, in every perfect society, there are flaws. Master Dimmesdale the prime minister of the congregation should be an example of how to be without sin. Nevertheless, he all through the novel he does not take credit of Hester’s penalty, even though he is the father of Hester’s child, Perl, also he lied in front of the whole congregation. Nevertheless, the townspeople what to know who he, the father of Perl is. The irony, however, is that he declares Hester’s penalty. Dimmesdale did that

In the 17th century, the people that lived in England adored the crown. That same was for the settlers but they saw something better on the other side. In New England, those settlers turned their back to the English Crown that when so far that they even fight against it. They never really liked the Crown even though in their old homes they would fight side by side with them. In the 17th century, the people abandoned what was dear to them for what they believe is better with no concern. In the Scarlet Letter, Governor Bellingham is an example to the crown in the Old World, ironically the novel takes place in the New World, Boston, Massachusetts in which the settlers wanted to create equality. However, Nathaniel Hawthorne the author of the Scarlet letter revealed in that both societies the government were corrupt. Governor Bellingham on various occasions is described as omnipotent and flamboyant. He is so omnipotent that his sister, Ann Hibbins is actually a Witch but she never gets punished. In that time period people accused of being witches in the witch trial, however, in the novel, Miss Hibbins never faces any consequences because of her brother’s power. In addition, he was also flamboyant in chapter 3, the narrator describes the things he is wearing in precise detail as if Nathaniel Hawthorne wanted the audience to know the injustice that was happening in the settlement. In the Old World and the novel, both governments