Puritan families and relationships had various similarities and differences in respect to modern day culture. ... These included election, vocation, justification, sanctification, and glorification. Election is basically God's choice, to pick the soul or reject it. ... Without the crops, the Puritans starved. ... After church on Sundays, Puritans met at the commons/village green to relax and enjoy the day. ...

• Word Count: 1790
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She becomes a social outcast of the Puritan society and lives in isolation on the outskirts of town. ... On Election Day, he climbs the scaffold with Hester and Pearl and publicly confesses his sin. ... Even on the Election Day holiday, they cannot relax and enjoy themselves. ... One day while the minister is sleeping, the doctor opens his shirt and is shocked by what he sees on Dimmesdale's chest. ... On Election Day, however, a change comes over him. ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

His novel is one of few to tell of the true Puritan lifestyle. ... They decide to run away together on a ship on election day. On election day, Hester discovers that Chillingworth booked a ticket for the same boat that she and Dimmesdale was going to take. Dimmesdale delivers his election day sermon, one of his best sermons ever spoken, and walks up to the scaffold with Hester and Pearl to reveal his sin to all his congregation. ... It symbolizes Judgment Day and repentance. ...

• Word Count: 2338
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Even the puritan community was not perfect. ... It should be mentioned that while Dimmesdale was asleep one day, Chillingworth opened up Dimmesdale's shirt to find the letter "A" across his heart. ... That is exactly what it did to this puritan community. ... During his Election Day sermon, Dimmesdale revealed his sin with Hester to the whole community, and then passed away. ... The puritan community was all old and probably died then or soon after. ...

• Word Count: 1480
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Even the puritan community was not perfect. ... It should be mentioned that while Dimmesdale was asleep one day, Chillingworth opened up Dimmesdale's shirt to find the letter "A" across his heart. ... That is exactly what it did to this puritan community. ... During his Election Day sermon, Dimmesdale revealed his sin with Hester to the whole community, and then passed away. ... The puritan community was all old and probably died then or soon after. ...

• Word Count: 1589
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Hester demonstrates strength by her daring and dramatic dress, which stepped outside of Puritan code. ... It is bold and stands out from the ordinary clothes worn by the Puritans. ... The way she dressed shows her defiance of the strict and unreasonable Puritan society. ... With the help and strength from Hester, he admits to his sin in front of the entire town at the very end of his election speech. ... Hester's strength goes far beyond what was expected from women in that day and age. ...

• Word Count: 1678
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School