In the novel The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne takes a very biased side against the Puritans he writes about. ... Hawthorne's presentation of the Puritans throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter is not much different from my own opinion, though he leaves out even the slightest amount of good characteristics that they might possess. ... Hawthorne was indeed, as one author claims "harsher than his Puritans" by leaving out the good qualities they were supposed to hold. Even though he wrote The Scarlet Letter subjectively against the Puritan culture, one should not overlook the pos...

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Superficial Moral Systems Exposed in Lord of the Flies, Crime and Punishment, The Scarlet Letter, and Pygmalion "The superficial nature of human moral systems" is a valid concern in society today. This has always been a factor in society that authors have felt the need to address. ... A perfect example of this human hypocrisy lies in The Scarlet Letter's Arthur Dimmesdale. ...

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Barbara Kingsolver is the author of many well-written pieces of literature including The Poisonwood Bible. ... He is a fiery evangelical missionary, very similar to, Roger Chillingworth, the coldhearted, and judgmental villain of Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter." ...

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