Scarlet Letter And Religion

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Scarlet Letter And Religion

Throughout time, religion in society has played a major role in the lives of the
people. Religion has shaped people’s own morals as well as the laws for which
the government has established society’s fundamentals of living. Hawthorne
links religion and law in his book The Scarlet Letter, and shows his readers
that society has shaped their rules by their religion and beliefs. He tells how
important the church is to the people, how the view of predestination enters the
lives of the people, as well as showing society’s religious views on punishing
for the breaking of laws. During the puritan time period, a big part of the
lives of most people was the church. They believed that by going to church and
by creating a society that revolved around God that they would have a fulfilling
life. Most societies held many of community events and functions that were
sponsored by the church. The church played a very big role in setting the goal
of a town to revolve around the church. This holds true in Hawthorn’s novel.
He set a society around a minister that was looked up to by the people and was
supported by the government in his decision and his actions. Most of the people
in the town attend church on a regular basis except for the ones that the people
of the town considered to be odd or weird. The people of the town set them as
outcast and consider them to be the main sinners and not sorry for their sins.
What they do not know is that their minister, Dimmsdale, carries around a secret
throughout the book that tears at his soul. He himself is too a sinner and
because of his position in the community he can not confess his sin publicly
that he is the one that had the affair with Hester. If he took responsibility
for his actions, his life would have been ruined. His title as minister would
have been taken from him an he would have been condemned and judge for his
behavior. This is wrong cause the bible says that no one shall judge except for
the lord, but in those times, people did not care what the bible said unless it
had to support their needs. People went around judging people for the way that
one behaved in order to have themselves feel better about who they were. They
figured that it made them seem like a more moral and religious person than the
next individual standing next to them. Many of people during this time period
believed in the process of predestination; the belief of people being
pre-destined from birth and that their souls wer...

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