The Scarlet Letter: Review

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Hester's true husband, can be seen in both lights. Either they
can be perceived as just upholding the law -she committed a crime, they enforce
the law. On the other hand are they going to extreme measures such as wanting
to take Pearl, Hester's daughter, away just because Hester has deviated from the
norm, all to enforce an unjust law that does not even apply to this situation?
Although the subjects of the novel do apply to important issues in
history and could have had influences on the time period, they were not great.
During the times and in the Puritan community this did not have a large affect
on anything. Sure, they did not want anyone committing adultery, most were
killed if convicted, but it was not something that upset their way of living in
any permanent manner. To an individual or group who was battling something
backward in the Puritan society, as were many things, this would have been an
inspirational book and possibly a revelation.
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