Scarlet Letter Reflective Monologue

In the 1600’s, in a small town in a market place, in a time when religion was the only base of all morals among people, and the government worked on behalf of god. A small town is filled with commotion after a woman has been prosecuted and sentenced with punishment for adultery. Her punishment is to bear a Scarlet letter, an “A” on her bosom, for the rest of her living days. The woman has …

…labels that were smacked among people were enough to change a cow to a pig in the eyes of a believer. And when god was brought in the matter things were even more mystical. Some traits of society have been brought down since the 1600’s, and this one. It seems that something’s must be justified as human nature, rather than society’s regulations and morals, such as guilt, curiosity and fear of the unique.