Review Of The Scarlet Letter

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Chillingworth, Hester's true husband, can
be seen in both lights. Either they can be perceived as just upholding the
law -she committed a crime, they enforce the law. On the other hand are
they going to extreme measures such as wanting to take Pearl, Hester's
daughter, away just because Hester has deviated from the norm, all to
enforce an unjust law that does not even apply to this situation?
Although the subjects of the novel do apply to important issues in
history and could have had influences on the time period, they were not
great. During the times and in the Puritan community this did not have a
large affect on anything. Sure, they did not want anyone committing
adultery, most were killed if convicted, but it was not something that
upset their way of living in any permanent manner. To an individual or
group who was battling something backward in the Puritan society, as were
many things, this would have been an inspirational book and possibly a
revelation.
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