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The A on hester's clothing symbolizes adultery in its entirety. The A gets branded on all of her clothing as a symbol to the community that she is diffrent and did not conform like everyone else. This is probably the strongest peice of symbolism in the entire book because it plays such a defining role. It really shows to the readers how judgy and rude the community is, along with how they cast the daughter and hester out for her mother's sin.

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Hester has a daughter named pearl who is the product of adultery. She is a symbol to the community of adultery and for that she gets outcast by everyone in the community.

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In this story there is conformity everywhere. This puritan community literally is built off conformity to the bible. The people out her because she was an adultress and did not conform with the rest.

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This is the main theme with in the scarlet letter. This is highlighted throughout the book in accordance with the huge A on her clothes. In the puritan lifestyle adultery is a high sin so she gets shamed throughout the book for it.

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Family: Surprisingly the puritans lived longer then most, most grew to be grandparents which was uncommon of the time.
Lifestyle: Agricultural farm life.
Male/female roles: Females were not aloud to vote and mostly stayed at home. Men voted and did the labour work outside of them home.
Punishment: If someone did not follow the church they were shamed. That was the biggest thing to the puritans you can not disrespect the lord.

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Puritans believed that the devil was shown in people who were lazy. Many puritans wanted more purification so they broke away from the church. Some came to america in 1620. Then the great migration of puritans began in 1630. The puritans are a VERY hardcore religious group. They lived an agricultural lifestyle in new england with mostly every family farming.

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Born in Salem, Massachusetts 1804.
Died in Plymouth, New Hampshire 1864.
What caused him to become a writer:
He had a leg injury at an early age which cause him to find his love for reading and set his sights on becoming a writer.
Interesting facts:
The Hawthorne’s was in England from 1853-1857 to study abroad. Also he took his family on an extended vacation to Italy and then back to England so he could get ideas for his novels.

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“The Puritan Daily Life: Research Topic Ideas on Life as a Puritan in the Colonies.” Bright Hub Education, 13 Apr. 2015, www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/112142-daily-life-of-a-puritan-colonist/.

“Themes in The Scarlet Letter.” Dramatic Technique in Death of a Salesman, www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanfiction/themes-in-the-scarlet-letter.html#.W5pcHNJKi00

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It is a little know fact that Hawthorne hated his connection to his ancestors and it was thought that he may have added the “W” to his name to separate himself from his great-great grandfather. His grandfather used to be a judge for witches in salem back in the day and he detested that about him.

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Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850