https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4 Made with mirth en-us 2021-12-06 15:07:17 UTC 2026-04-01 06:21:49 UTC hello@padlet.com ebertzoe13 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932534311 The religious side of marriage, however, meant it to be completely dependent on love. From a religious standpoint, married couples had to be “sympathetic to one another in times of distress, sickness, and weakness”, among other traits. Strangely, in The Scarlet Letter, love based in Puritan religious beliefs would be the love most closely resembling that of Hester and Dimmesdale, who seem to genuinely and fully care for one another, something that Hester is never shown to do for Chillingsworth, and him for her. This could come from Dimmesdale being a minister, or from the romantic undertones of the Scarlet Letter, as it would fit with romantic beliefs that Hester would find a spiritual love with someone who was not her husband, showing disregard for society expectations and generalizations.

https://tabletalkmagazine.com/posts/how-did-the-puritans-understand-marriage/]]> 2021-12-07 02:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932534311 ebertzoe13 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932536267 Hester and Dimmesdale are an unmarried couple, and act as a couple essentially against what many Puritan beliefs dictate about how romantic relationship should come about and how they should operate.]]> 2021-12-07 02:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932536267 ebertzoe13 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932536392 Gender roles were often at the center at Puritan marriages, with men taking care of war and politics, and women taking care of children and the home.]]> 2021-12-07 02:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932536392 mayergkatrin26 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932589287 One of the big differences between marriage today and marriage during Puritan society was the point at which marriage was proposed. In modern society, marriage is only recommended when/if you know your partner, both physically and emotionally, and decide that you would like the legal ramifications of marriage provided it was with them. However, during the time of the puritans and the time of the Scarlet Letter, marriage did not require as much. In Puritan society, marriage was not spurred on by a sense of “mutuality of tastes, companionship, trust, and shared interests”, rather by a series of courtship rituals that the man had to go through with the woman’s parents. In this way, we see modern love in Hester and Dimmesdale's interactions. They are not married, and therefore do not have a reason based on Puritan romance, to stay. However, they do, because they exhibit a more modern take on love, one of mutual respect and interest.

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=71]]> 2021-12-07 02:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932589287 mayergkatrin26 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932651378 Puritan marriage was defined by what a family could gain from one of their members marrying into another, and was much less defined by religion as it was economics. It was often a “business transaction between a woman’s father and future husband”. This meant that love in Puritan relationships wasn’t often prioritized, and oftentimes married couples were not romantically invested in one another prior to marriage. We can see this in Hester and Chillingworth's former relationship, as they seem to hold no romantic nature towards one another. In contrast, Hester and Dimmesdale, who are not married and are technically forbidden to be together, are in love, showing how marriage in the Puritan world was often never centered around romantic feelings.

https://faculty.atu.edu/cbrucker/engl2013/Samples/Reed-RP.htm]]> 2021-12-07 03:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932651378 mayergkatrin26 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932670032 For many, especially poorer puritans, marriage was an economic strategy used to:
1. Create children for child labor
2. Combine wealth for a betterment of the chances for survival.]]> 2021-12-07 03:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932670032 mayergkatrin26 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932808161 When it came to divorce, both males and females could petition the courts for divorce. However, men had ownership over the children.]]> 2021-12-07 05:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932808161 mayergkatrin26 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932814250 Marriage was also a property arrangement among two families. Men were expected to bring land to the marriage while women were expected to bring a dowry, or a payment to the groom’s family.]]> 2021-12-07 05:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932814250 ebertzoe13 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932816295 https://docs.google.com/document/d/14JFIGpokQ7ZWa22oJTCOlFZDU96BGoDUaxSzXdyzvmU/edit]]> 2021-12-07 05:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1932816295 ebertzoe13 https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1933720608 Blue: Sources and Analyses
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Purple: Lit Analysis]]> 2021-12-07 14:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ebertzoe13/bt8di4aes0nprrj4/wish/1933720608