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A 5 page paper which examines the
morals of the Puritan community in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” as they
existed then and also now, as it relates to men of the cloth and sexual affairs.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAscar.rtf
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and offended at the behavior of one woman. This woman, unbeknownst to the community, has had an affair with the preacher of the community. She becomes pregnant and all the
townspeople know that she has erred in the sight of God. She is ridiculed and essentially treated as an outcast because of her behavior. While we often read this
classic story and see it as a story of its time in history, we must also note that the Puritan ideals presented in this novel are really no different than
the moral ideals we live with today. Although many women have the option of becoming artificially inseminated, and while being a single unwed mother is not quite the outrage it
once was, there are still very powerful expectations that clearly connect our society with the society which founded this country. In the following paper we examine the events surrounding individuals
such as Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart, preachers who engaged in sexual activity that put them in a position where they wear the "scarlet letter" even years after the events.
Morals then and Now As mentioned, Hawthornes novel presents us with a woman, Hester, who is essentially shunned from the community because she became pregnant, and not by
her husband who did not reside with her. As such she could not deny that she had an affair with someone. However, she would never disclose who the father was,
remaining a woman of strength and integrity. The father was the local preacher and he essentially lived with internal guilt, but never really paid the price for infidelity or sexual
activity. As such Hester bore the brunt of the scarlet letter, and was shunned. She was, however, not truly kicked out of the community, nor eternally hated. She found a
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