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The Scarlet Letter is about a woman named Hester and her illegitimate child named, Pearl. They are outcasts in society because Hester has to wear a scarlet letter so that everyone know she is an adulterer. The story highlights Hester's hardship as well as the towns' leaders and their lives.

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Video SparkNotes: Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter summary

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Puritan 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony 

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Puritan 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony 

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By the mid 1630s, the Puritans had gathered hundreds of more followers over from England and were taking over the area. After the Puritans took control over almost all the land that they believed was there's, Blackstone decided to sell his remaining 50 acres back to the Puritans, which later became known as Boston Common, and moved to what was is now known as Rhode Island.

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Puritan 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Puritan 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony

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The Puritans established a theocratic government limited to church members. Leaders of the church sought to prevent any independence of religious views. By the mid-1640s Massachusetts Bay Colony had grown to more than 20,000 inhabitants.

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As the story goes on the scarlet letter Hester wears starts to mean more than adulterer, people saw it as meaning "able." Hester dedicated herself to the community and people recognized that.

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Symbolism in the scarlet letter is just that, the scarlet letter; Hester wears a embroidered "A" on her chest, it stands for adulterer.

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During Hawthorne's life he struggled to become a successful author,he wrote books including  “Young Goodman Brown, “The Old Manse.” Hawthorne feared that his family suffered from a curse brought on by John and William’s persecutions of Quakers and alleged witches.

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Hawthorne's Purpose for writing The Scarlet Letter was so he could reveal the life and hypocrisy of the Puritan communities back in those days.
The Scarlet Letter highlights the ways in which Hester Prynne fights against her scarlet letter, she becomes a prominent person in society and helps the needy etc. The story kind of shows her overcoming her branding.

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The themes of the scarlet letter are very dark and depression. The book shows Hester in a state of Isolation and alienation. The people who live in Hester's town see her as a disgrace and an embodiment of "sin."

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- Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts
- Died May 19, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H
- Best known for his work on "The Scarlet Letter"
- Nathaniel's father was a ship captain,he died on one of his voyages.

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