The act of Shunning is viewed in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter when the protagonist Hester Prynne commits adultery in the puritan society. The type of shunning that is done by the townspeople against Hester in centuries past by communities is based off of what were considered immoral to society during this particular time period. ... This can be directly linked to how Hester was treated for what she did in puritan society in The Scarlet Letter. ... Dimmesdale was shunned by all of Puritan society in the Massachusetts Bay colony. she was forced to stand on a scaffold in front o...

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Presentism is a major idea to remember when reflecting on the actions taken during colonial times. ... The crimes and punishments in Colonial Massachusetts not only reflect the societies morality but an embedded commitment to God. ... The Puritans believed that if one member of their group suffered guilt, then the whole group must suffer along with that person or persons. ... Generally adulterers were forced to wear the letter A sewed on their clothes and counterfeiters wore the letter C (Hemlines 140). ... "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live- With these words of God, the colonists s...

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