The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne Born in Salem, MA; 1804-1864 Worked as a tax collector as well as a writer. Great-great grandfather was a judge during the Salem Witch Trials (1600s) Hawthorne criticized and questioned the Puritan ways. He was also very ashamed of his family’s involvement in the Salem Witch Trials.
The Scarlet Letter Written in 1850 Setting: Puritan Boston, MA 1642- 1649 Unnamed narrator telling us Hester Prynne’s story 200 years after the events. Narrator parallels Hawthorne…
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