The Commission of the Puritan Women The Puritans were a fracture of the English Church. They sought to walk closer to their God by following every written letter of the Scriptures. This paper seeks to shed some light into the life of the Puritan women and the effects of this religion had on society today. To be a women of Puritan faith was not a paltry task‚ it required fortitude‚ strength‚ and an infinite amount of patients. The Puritans had strictly defined gender roles establish by their priest
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of the Puritan Society In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ he reveals through his cynical narrator‚ a description of vile disdain for the Puritan community. Using diction and carefully employed position of language‚ his opinion of their character is greatly projected on the screen of the reader’s mind. The narrator is able to acutely reveal the hypocrisy and savage disposition that encapsulated the religious Puritans. The readers are shown the irony behind the hypocritical Puritans through
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 In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ life is centered around a rigid Puritan society in which one is unable to divulge his or her innermost thoughts and secrets. Every human being needs the opportunity to express how he or she truly feels‚ otherwise the emotions are bottled up until they become volatile. Unfortunately‚ Puritan society did not permit this kind of expression‚ thus characters had to seek alternate means to relieve their personal anguishes and desires. Luckily
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People of this Puritan society were expected to live by a strict moral code. Anything that was against the code was labeled as a sin‚ and people who went against it would be suspected of carrying out the devil’s work. Puritans had strongly believed in self-discipline as well as a strong sense of responsibility and hard work. Moderation was also heavily valued for Puritans; although they drank alcohol‚ they thought drinking in excess would be punished in the afterlife. Puritans were also extremely
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punishments followed by the Puritans stemmed from their English experience and complete involvement in religion. The Puritan society molded itself and created a government based upon the Bible and implemented it with force. Hester’s act of adultery was welcomed with rage and was qualified for serious punishment. Boston became more involved in Hester’s life after her crime was announced than it had ever been beforethe religious based‚ justice system formally punished her and society collectively tortured
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Women in Puritan society were strictly confined to traditional roles within their family and community structures. They were solely relegated to serve their husband and their household. These circumstances were made apparent in the journal of John Winthrop as well as the letters between him and his wife. The statements made in John Winthrop’s journal regarding Anne Hutchinson are descriptive of the restricted roles of women in the commonwealth. The way in which Margaret speaks to her husband
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a mother‚ a father and a child. In a Puritan society this standard was not forgotten. Other normalities in a Puritan society were mandatory church attendance‚ harsh punishments placed on those who strayed from God’s. Some punishments were more vigorous than others‚ executions‚ whippings‚ and public humiliations. In the case of Hester Prynne‚ her punishment for conceiving her daughter Pearl was to wear a scarlet letter A on her chest. Hester violated the Puritan law of premarital sex‚ with the young
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nature and characteristics of the Puritan society. Some of the characteristics of the Puritan Society are that they are quiet people and practice self-discipline. They were very theological‚ superstitious and conservative. The Salem community is strongly repressive and strict. Everyone in the society is ranked on the amount of land they own‚ and all members of the community are aware of everyone else’s business 2) What qualities are needed to belong? In any society‚ conformity is a main element
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of men and women. The irony of this stereotype proved the disability of human to move forward mentally‚ while the technological advances improve society. During the 16th and 17th centuries of America‚ there was a group of European people called “Puritan” settled in America‚ and established their New England colonies. The role of women in Puritan society were mothers‚ wives and farmers or gardeners. They considered inferior than men and had no saying in decision making. From this perspective of women
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their reproach‚ but‚ sooner than later‚ it began to come between us. Soon my life became a struggle to keep our love a secret from society. We didn’t want different treatment‚ because we were both still the same people we met and the same girls everyone else knew. I was afraid of losing her to the world. I began to consider my options. Let my love go and let society separate us or follow my intuition and just live my life the best way I knew how. I chose to live and love even though it was hard from
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