... , providing for decisions that not only tests the Puritan belief system, but also the entire foundation of the Puritan culture. Part of this foundation is to be put to the test. It is on the scaffold in the marketplace where Hester Prynne is forced to conform to the Puritan code. The scaffold is a place where society rules, and laws that have ... help asking, where does the evil truly lie? Ironically, the forest, which symbolizes evil, may not have been the source of all the sins. The marketplace, viewed as a place of purity, may have been a source of evil. The responsibility may fall on...

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• Grade Level: High School