Part one of term paper
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s venerated psychological novel, The Scarlet Letter, is about the life a woman who is punished by a theocratic society. She is persecuted because she rebelled against the rules of this society. One major concept Hawthorne used in his novel is theocratic domination. The theocratic society dominated all of life with it ...

Part two of term paper
... to the rules, a theocratic society can control its people. Hawthorne presents the concept and theme through his use of literary devices or techniques such as imagery, symbolism, and light and dark words. Theocratic domination is the ambience of control of a society based on religious ideals and laws. It is a society that relies on the guilt that comes from the violation of the laws of its religion and the punishment of these transgressions. Puritan society was one such theocracy. It based ...