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The Scarlett Letter

 

            The Scarlet Letter can be considered a satire of Puritan beliefs because.
             the book is full of angry people who mock and ridicule the unfortunate one who.
             bears the letter "A" on her chest. The people of Puritanistic faith claim to be the.
             ones raised in good nature and proper upbringing, as not to lead to such a sin.
             as adultery, as Hester had committed. They also claim to be somewhat of a.
             more perfect society of friends, though it is one of their own who they turn.
             against. They believe in the term predestination, where their God has chosen.
             their fate in life before their very souls even existed, but then they chose to.
             differentiate Hester's fate after they learned of her ultimate sin.
             The people of the town claim themselves to be of Puritanistic faith in their.
             quiet town but they are the first to make fun of Hester and meddle about her.
             business even years into the child's life. The Puritan community is said to be.
             one of strict and proper manner though when one bearing the scarlet "A" on their.
             chest was to walk through the town, they were pointed and taunted at, as though.
             they were not a human being but of some sort of horrifying existence. The.
             Scarlet Letter could have been written to show others of Puritan ways and.
             beliefs but one who reads this would go on believing the people led their lives in.
             a completely different way. The author has led us to believe these people were.
             not true Puritan believers, however, they are other examples throughout.
             literature, as well as history, showing the Puritans often reacted in such a.
             manner if one of their own performed any deed other then what they believed.
             they were put on this earth for. Such people were punished in such ways as the.
             scarlet letter, or in The Crucible, the Salem Witch Trials. The sad views of these.
             narrow-minded people also led to the penalizations and unfortunate deaths of.
             those 20 some-odd souls in 1869 in Salem.
             Although the author may not have been writing the book as a satire, it can.


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