1. The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. 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.

3. The Scarlet Letter Written in 1850
Setting: Puritan Boston, MA
Unnamed narrator telling us Hester Prynne’s story 200 years after the events.
Narrator parallels Hawthorne…

4. “The Scarlet Letter” Movie Posters

5. 1960s

6. 1995