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What punishment would the puritan women have given hester prynne if it were left to them in the scarlet letter?
The Puritan women might have subjected Hester Prynne to harsher public humiliation and possibly physical punishment, such as flogging or branding. They may have also advocated for more severe religious penance to atone for her sin of adultery.
What was a punishment that the women deciphered for Hester that the judge did not?
The women in the crowd wanted Hester to have her hair cut off, which the judge did not include in her punishment. The judge sentenced Hester to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her chest as a symbol of her adultery.
What is the public view of Hester's sin as expressed by the women outside the prison?
In "The Scarlet Letter," the women who are part of the strict and moral Puritan community, hate Hester and wish that her punishment was even harsher. They want her to be branded so all the world can see what she has done.
Why wasn't Hester sentenced to death for her adultery?
The people wanted Hester to live with her shame by wearing the "A" on her "bosom". Some women even wanted an "A" to be branded on Hester's forehead. They also wanted to find out who the father of the baby was.
What is hester's attitude toward both her sin and punishment?
Hester, sentenced to wear an A on her chest for the rest of her life, is prideful in the sense that she intricately fashioned the A onto her clothes. Her shame is revealed as she clutches her baby to her chest when being heckled.
Did Puritan women get stabbed through the tongue as a form of punishment?
Puritans, men and women, were both subject to a hot awl being pierced through the tongue. Typically, this punishment was reserved for those who spoke out against the Church or their religion.
In The Scarlet Letter had Hester not been a woman would she have received the same punishment?
No, Hester's punishment was influenced by the societal norms and expectations placed on women during that time period. If Hester had been a man, she would not have been subject to the same public shaming and scrutiny for her actions.
What punishment where uses in puritan women?
Ceremonial Killings were a Puritan thing but if you study carefully the new Puritan's that moved to Massachusetts looking for religious freedom often did use capital punishment such as hangings and stone pressure (victim is tied to the ground and stone slabs mounted on their chest until they cease to breathe). Women were not exempt from such deaths. However, for smaller crimes such as gossiping, Puritans would actually sew the gossiping women's eyes and mouth shut so they could see no evil or speak no evil. Sadly i do not know the exact name of this ritual/punishment.
Why type of dress did Hester wear pearl?
Hester wore more plain style and course fabric dresses. This was what most Puritan women wore at the time. The dressing was fairly simple and drab. However, Pearl being a symbol of rebellion against normal Puritan ways, hence her representing sin, she wore extravagant dresses in vibrant colors that stuck out like the one one object Hester (her mother) wore that being her Scarlet Letter. Making Pearl almost a human Scarlet Letter.
Why can Hester be seen as a threat to her Puritan community?
Hester can be seen as a threat to her Puritan community because she openly defies social norms by committing adultery, challenges oppressive authority figures like Governor Bellingham, and refuses to conform to the strict expectations placed on women. Her independent actions and refusal to repent publicly shake the foundations of the community's moral and religious values.
Who was ann hutchenson?
a puritan women who had discussions about the sermons and got kicked out of the puritan settlement
Being treated equally under the law is?
no because it was only if boys or men did broke these laws, there was punishment. But technically it is not fare because women and girls were not given this punishment if such was done.
