The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter Puritan society had a very distinctive view of privacy. Peoples privacy, in our society, is often exploited by the media and word of mouth. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynnes’s private life was publicized by an entire town. Hester becomes an infamous sinner in a town where religion is enforced in your every-day life. Regardless of sex, any story of adultery that surfaces becomes the spotlight and …

…s, The Scarlet Letter. Women in Puritan society are looked upon as inferior, so ofcourse when a woman commits a sin its a public affair. It is guaranteed that ,in Salem, Massachusetts in the puritan era, a black mark in your private life will be exposed and you will be haunted for the rest of your life because of it. Hester Prynne is a victim of these circumstances and unfortunately so is the innocent Pearl.