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The Scarlet Letter   Nathaniel Hawthorne Introduction Background Discussion Starters Menu
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The Scarlet Letter  Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction What happens when a private sin becomes a public crime?
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction In Puritan New England a young woman named Hester Prynne gives birth to a baby girl.
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction Hester’s elderly husband has been missing for years. Everyone knows he can’t be the father.
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction The town punishes Hester harshly for her adultery.  First, they imprison her. Then, they condemn her to wear a scarlet letter  A  for the rest of her life.
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction The townspeople treat Hester as an outcast.
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction What her neighbors don’t know is the identity of the baby’s father.  Hester refuses to tell.
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction Her lover, whoever he is, seems to escape punishment. Or does he?
The Scarlet Letter: Introduction Perhaps hidden suffering is even worse than public shame.
The Scarlet Letter: Background Persecuted in England, the Puritans came to North America to form their own communities.
The Scarlet Letter: Background Life in the Colonies was harsh, but it gave the Puritans the opportunity to form a society based on their religious ideals.
The Scarlet Letter: Background The setting of  The Scarlet Letter  is Boston in the 1640s.  Boston had recently been founded by about one thousand English Puritans, led by John Winthrop.
The Scarlet Letter: Background Puritans sought the freedom to live by  their beliefs . However, the Puritan leaders did not tolerate religious beliefs that differed from their own.
The Scarlet Letter: Background As for personal freedom… every member of the community was held to strict standards of behavior.
The Scarlet Letter: Background In a Puritan community such as Hester’s, no aspect of life was truly private. People kept a close watch on their neighbors.
The Scarlet Letter: Background Those considered sinners were publicly—and harshly—punished, as an example to others.
The Scarlet Letter: Background The Puritans believed that all things are controlled beforehand by the will of God. This doctrine is called  predestination. ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Scarletletter Nn Ce

  • 1. The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Introduction Background Discussion Starters Menu
  • 2.
  • 3. The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 4. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction What happens when a private sin becomes a public crime?
  • 5. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction In Puritan New England a young woman named Hester Prynne gives birth to a baby girl.
  • 6. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction Hester’s elderly husband has been missing for years. Everyone knows he can’t be the father.
  • 7. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction The town punishes Hester harshly for her adultery. First, they imprison her. Then, they condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A for the rest of her life.
  • 8. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction The townspeople treat Hester as an outcast.
  • 9. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction What her neighbors don’t know is the identity of the baby’s father. Hester refuses to tell.
  • 10. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction Her lover, whoever he is, seems to escape punishment. Or does he?
  • 11. The Scarlet Letter: Introduction Perhaps hidden suffering is even worse than public shame.
  • 12. The Scarlet Letter: Background Persecuted in England, the Puritans came to North America to form their own communities.
  • 13. The Scarlet Letter: Background Life in the Colonies was harsh, but it gave the Puritans the opportunity to form a society based on their religious ideals.
  • 14. The Scarlet Letter: Background The setting of The Scarlet Letter is Boston in the 1640s. Boston had recently been founded by about one thousand English Puritans, led by John Winthrop.
  • 15. The Scarlet Letter: Background Puritans sought the freedom to live by their beliefs . However, the Puritan leaders did not tolerate religious beliefs that differed from their own.
  • 16. The Scarlet Letter: Background As for personal freedom… every member of the community was held to strict standards of behavior.
  • 17. The Scarlet Letter: Background In a Puritan community such as Hester’s, no aspect of life was truly private. People kept a close watch on their neighbors.
  • 18. The Scarlet Letter: Background Those considered sinners were publicly—and harshly—punished, as an example to others.
  • 19.
  • 20.
  • 21.