... his hour of death. "The Minister's Black Veil- is not the only one of Hawthorne's tales where a Puritan separates him or herself from the rest of society due to cruelty and fear of evil. The reader can be sure that Hawthorne is criticizing the Puritan view of humanity, because the same theme is duplicated over and over again. "The Scarlet Letter- shows the protagonist Hester Prynne segregating herself ... from society by the famous letter A' sewn on her bosom. She can choose to ... move back to England, but yet her Puritan beliefs are so strong that she feels as if she deserves her puni...

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• Grade Level: High School

... it was clear that there would come a time when the North would no longer condone the institution. Just as the lack of liberty black people suffered during the racist system, other people suffered from religious punishments as in "The Scarlet letter". Hester Prynne was oppressed by the people because of the sin she had committed . The "A" that she had to bear on the bosom represents his life as a prison due to ... the Puritanical sever law. The austere Puritan ways punish Hester through banishment from the community and the church, simultaneously punishing Pearl, her daughter in the proc...

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