... he thought there was a need for social reform. As a result of this, he wrote The Scarlet Letter to show that nothing benefited from puritan ideology. In the introduction to the novel, Hawthorne describes a Puritan, theoretical Utopian society. This "city upon a hill" was intended to exemplify the ideal structure England should encompass. However, Hawthorne informs the reader of the first buildings constructed, which were ... new colony, Puritans show that sin and death are inevitable. This theory contrasts the "city upon a hill" philosophy. One of the strong Puritan beliefs was that of ...

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