Puritans in a New World: The Setting of The Scarlet Letter

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English 11 The Scarlet Letter Essay Topic

Brainstorm

  • Puritans
    • religious bigotry
    • today adultery is not as big of a deal
      • (we're not a community today)
  • forest and new world (setting) increased fears of colonists
    • they are by themselves in the wilderness
      • under attack by Indians
      • needed security
    • just got their own government -> so they made it very religious
  • flawed view of the world (religion)
    • using old inflexible laws
    • (see my paper from 10th Grade

Remember

  • 3 quotes required per para.
  • special "RLA" formatting
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