The Scarlet Letter, By Toni Morrison - 1270 Words

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to live in a community from the past, one that is ran by Puritans, or maybe living in a community of black slaves? â€Å"The Scarlet Letter† and â€Å"Beloved† are two popular novels that takes place in the past, but in different time eras. â€Å"The Scarlet Letter†, which is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne occurs in the 17th century. At the time, Puritans were in place and their beliefs were heavily based on religion. â€Å"Beloved† by Toni Morrison is based on the 19th century, a time period in which blacks were living in white dominated country and the effects of the Civil War. The main characters of both novels face similar struggles that were dealt with differently. Throughout the novels, Hester and Sethe both experience ostracism from their community by being isolated and persecuted. A similarity that both characters experience in the novel was being isolated. However, I feel that Hester had experienced a worst case of being isolated than Sethe had. As people come to the scaffold, Hawthorne writes from a third person’s point of view â€Å"for, haughty as her demeanor was, she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her, as if her heart had been flung in the street for them all to spurn and trample upon (Hawthorne).† Hester would be publicly persecuted by the magistrates for she had committed the sin of adultery. Instead of being sentenced to death, she was punished by wearing a letter â€Å"A† on her chest. Sethe hadShow MoreRelatedThe Scarlet Letter, Walden By Henry David Thoreau, And Beloved By Toni Morrison806 Words   |  4 Pages In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, and Beloved by Toni Morrison, the authors describe cruel and flawed aspects of society as syst em and human nature in individuals within a society. 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