Scarlet Letter Persuasive Essay

Thesis: Hester’s society, flawed and imperfect, does not conform to the way Hester lives, however, if she lived in another society the punishments may be more harsh, but she would not have to live in a world hiding from her guilt.

I. If Hester lived in a society with the same ideals as her, it would not look the the Puritan society.

“A lane was forthwill opened through the crowd of spectators. Preceded by the beadle, and attended by an irregular procession of stern-browed and unkindly-visaged women, Hester Prynne set forth towards the place appointed for her punishment” (50).
Crowd together (spectators) when something happens, follow each other, Hester does what she chooses, she does not follow others
Stern-browed, not nice looking, women, they are mostly women who gather around her either in jealous, curious, or just sin shaming
Place is appointed for punishment, either …show more content…
On the supposition that Pearl, as already hinted, was of demon origin, these good people not unreasonably argued that a Christian interest in the mother’s soul required them to remove such a stumbling-block from her path” (92).
They cherish the rigid laws/order, do the people not know what they want so they have someone else tell them what to do
Want in both church and state, traditions or too scared of change
Still considered good people by Hawthorne, called good like Goody or because honestly believes they are still good Slightly ironic because they are fearing for her soul so they want to take Pearl away from her

In reference to the governor, “The impression made by his aspect, so rigid and severe, and frost-bitten”

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