The role of the Scaffold
The scaffold where Hester was put on display was a physical example to the people of what could happen to them. The Puritan beliefs were strongly against what Hester did. The community displayed Hester and made an example of her to reassure themselves that they were doing the right thing. The Puritan society uses the faults of other people to reassure itself that it is abiding by God’s system and will clear their path to heaven. The purpose of the Puritan society was to have one religion that united all the people through a system of rigorous beliefs. In The Scarlet Letter the scaffold is a place where the public goes to have its beliefs and its unity affirmed by watching power be acted out on an
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Approximate Word count = 483
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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