Part one of term paper
Throughout time, the power of the people and their laws have differed in many ways. The Puritans are one example. Many people in this time period died because of their "branded sin." In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The scarlet Letter, the character Hester Prynne and her child Peral deal with this sin by wearing a Scarlet A. "when the young woman s ...

Part two of term paper
... townspeople could see who the sinner was. "...that scarlet letter, so fantastically embroiled and illuminated upon her bosom, had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself." Hester did have have the opportunity of removing the scarlet letter only ifd she revealed the father of her child. For example, 'Woman, transgress not not beyond limits of heaven's mercy! hat little babe hath been gifted with a voice, to second and ...