In the scarlet letter the core of the story line revolves around a movement known as the Puritan. ...
Hawthorne opens the “Scarlet Letter,” with an informative description of the Puritans around the prison door awaiting the arrival of Hester out of the prison. ... In the case of Hester Prynne they showed “great mercy and tenderness of heart,” and saved her from death, instead they made her wear a scarlet A on her person for the rest of her life, which in a way was worse than a prison sentence or death. ... coming forth along the pathway that lead town ward; and, discerning the scarlet letter on her breast scamper off with a strange, contagious fear. ... This narrow minded attitude from the Puritans only allows them to have hatred for Hester Prynne and the need to identify her with the letter “A”. ... In the Scarlet Letter these leaders go by the name of Bellingham, Dimmsdale, and Chillingworth to some extent.
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