... treating a certain person as though they don't exist. The act of Shunning is viewed in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter when the protagonist Hester Prynne commits adultery in the puritan society. The type of shunning that is done by the townspeople against Hester in centuries past by communities is based off of what were considered immoral to society during this particular time period. In the past several decades, we've expanded this type ... of rejection to the fine, negative science of avoidance; one ... ...

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... Quakers conformity came a new rise and new terror in Massachusetts. Witchcraft (1692) was sot after a fought with no question. Under the Puritan belief a witch was a person who had " familiar spirit- or consulted with one, and was then in direct communication with the devil and bound by script to carry out his evil ways. "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live- With these words ... of God, the colonists set out to protect their families and society. Rumors spread quickly around the colonies and so persecution spread. If one was tried for being a witch a full jury was brought forth, and wi...

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