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=**__//The Scarlet Letter//__** = by Nathaniel Hawthorne ==** PURITAN COMMUNITY: this book takes place in Puritan Boston from 1642-1649. The fact that it is set in a Puritan community is very important and contributes to the main plot of the book alot. Puritans were very strict and set in their beliefs. So the fact that a Puritan Minister had an illegitamate child and kept it a secret was very contraversial than as well as now. **==

= Scene from the original movie, Hester is forced to stand on the scaffold, while holding her daughter, Pearl. =

== The letter 'A' not only represents Hester's sin, but also the sin of her lover (the minister). It also hangs over Hester, Pearl and Dimmsdale in the way people see them. ==