How Does Nathaniel Hawthorne Use Language In The Scarlet Letter

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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne can be read in many different points of view. For example you may read it through the point of view of the puritan life and how they have the right to decide society’s punishments for the peoples’ sins. Many years ago puritans also known as the pilgrims were extremely religious and strict with their laws. The highest person in the society have the right to punish the people however they think would be right. For example, “On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.” (Bottom of page 64) This quote proves to the audience that Hester Prynne is being punished for have a child with someone who Hester…show more content…
Hawthorne allows the reader to discover how great the puritans were. For example, “Hester Prynne, therefore, did not flee. On the outskirts of town, within the verge of the peninsula, but not in close vicinity to any other habitation, there was a small thatched cottage… In this little, lonesome dwelling, with some slender means that she possessed, and by the license of magistrates, who still kept and inquisitorial watch over her…” This just proves to the audience that Hawthorne uses his language to express his love for the puritans because Hester had to learn her lesson by being embarrassed in public by everyone and anyone, which would cause her to leave their society and move somewhere else. But instead Hester stayed and had to deal with the punishment but on top of that had to be basically what we would say “shunned” by society as a whole. She had to move away with her child, Pearl to someone’s abandoned house and live in loneliness with her child. Hawthorne is just trying to show the people that puritans didn’t mess around they had to make sure that their society was the best of the best because of course they were the chosen ones and they had to set up the idea of city upon a hill, so others around them could have realized that they were the best and others should follow in what they do. Therefore Hawthorne just shows the

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