In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, The Puritans were a strict group of radical Christians that believed that they better than everyone else. Their treatment of their fellow man shows this. They believed in punishment for sinners. This is evident in their treatment of Hester Prynne. They punished Hester by giving her the scarlet letter "A". This was the Puritan way of treating her as a criminal, for the crime of adultery. The Puritan treatment continued, …showed first 75 words of 586 total…

…showed last 75 words of 586 total…with only a mother, whom is ostracized from society as well. She does not know who her father is and Hester will answer none of her questions about her past. Pearl naturally becomes a very curious child because of his. Pearl was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life!" Pearl was dressed in a scarlet dres! s with gold fringe exactly resembling the scarlet "A" on Hester's bosom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**