THE SCARLET LETTER

HISTORICAL CULTURE

• The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by fleeing Puritans
• The Puritans goal was to create "A City Upon A Hill"
• Puritans were as intolerant as England
• The Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter was revoked(Puritan rule ended)
• Many epidemics of smallpox

COMPARISON OF ATTITUDES TODAY

• Puritans were completely intolerant of adultery
• Today our society is more understanding and accepting to women who commit adultery
• Puritans were not accepting of citizens straying away from their ideals
• Today society encourages people to not care what others think of them
• Puritans created a perfect religious society where everyone must follow every rule