The Scarlet Letter - Puritan Theocracy In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around a strict rigid Puritan society in which one is unable to cultivate his or her innermost thoughts and secrets. Every human being needs the opportunity to express how he or she feels. Unfortunately, Puritan society did not permit this kind of expression, thus people like Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale sought other means of relief. Luckily, Hawthorne provides a …showed first 75 words of 740 total…

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