Janna DiBartolo

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Term Paper Title	Janna DiBartolo
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Janna DiBartolo
Grade: 91
Historical Accuracy: The Scarlet Letter
     The migration of the Puritans to the New World marked the beginning of a settlement in New England (Andrews 1).  When America won its independence from Britain, Puritanism became a distant and different form of religion than the rest of the nation practiced (Ruland 9).  Puritans were always trying to find a new order of society based on the new covenant of man and the new relation between religion and law (14).  American literature often depicts the events that happened in our country's past through its novels.  The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathanial Hawthorne, is an accurate portrayal of the Puritan social and religious life in New England during the 17th century.
     The Puritans made many contributions to the history of America's past.  They set aside rules for people to abide by and set certain limitations on what is accepted in society.  Puritans were known as men with strong minds and assertive dispositions.  They had very well formed opinions regarding their religion and social life as well.  The Puritans always valued their moral and spiritual advice and set limitations on everything else.  They reinforced commitment to doctrine or utility; the need to do or enjoy something that leaves them better for the experience (Ruland 19).  The Puritan civilization's commitment to spiritual meditation, cut the colonies off from imaginative excitement (18).  They believed that everyone either found salvation or damnation in the end (19).  In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne was believed to have found her damnation after committing her "sin" of adultery,  being impregnated by another man while

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being married to another.  Puritans were constantly examining their innermost feelings and always needed to be reassured that they were being sufficiently pious or godly (Smith 1007).  Hester Prynne was accused of failing to examine her innermost feelings for if she had, she would have known she was not being pious or godly in her actions and decisions.  An individual's election and damnation was always being questioned in Puritan society (Ruland 17).  Hester had made her decisions and her actions were the business of everyone in the town.  They seemed to be the ones to decide whether or not she was to be condemned for her deeds.  The relation between privat...

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