Scarlet Letter Historical Facts
Historical Facts through Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
English III (CP)
Mrs. Jenny
30 November 2010
Mrs. Jenny
English III (CP)
30 November 2010
Historical Facts through Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter relates to colonial time. There are some historical references such as colonial dress, Native American medicine, Anne Hutchinson, laws and Boston.
In colonial times both men and women wore stockings that were woven mechanically. Lace, ribbons, embroidery, artificial flowers, quilting’s, and jewels decorated men’s and women’s clothes (Gorsline 65). Most people wore caps, or hats, even when they went to bed. Little girl’s often wore sunbonnet’s to keep the sun off their face (Gross …show more content…
The Mohawks built a bathhouse at the edge of the stream. When they wanted to take a steam bath, they built a fire next to the hut. They dropped stones into the fire, and when they were red, they placed them into the bathhouse. The Indians poured water on the hot stones. Steamed filled the air, the air grew thick and very hot. After they could no longer stand the heat, they burst out the bathhouse and jumped into the stream. Baths were a religious ceremony. People prayed to the spirits they believed in, as the Indians bathed. When the Indians were sweating they felt they made themselves pure. Warriors took steam baths before they went to war. Before hunters hunted, they took a steam bath. Indians believed that steam baths kept them healthy (Nault …show more content…
After fourteen years of living here she wanted to move. On August9, 1612 she married Will Hutchinson in London. After that they moved back to Alford. Anne Hutchinson was a debout Christian woman. She had fifteen children with her husband. After she was excommunicated she and her family moved to Rhode Island. She was a Puritan religious leader. In 1634, she immigrated to Massachusetts to follow John Cotton’s preachings. She was elected to be a woman to go around and talk to pregnant woman. She prayed and had bible study with those in labor and that is why she got excommunicated. In 1642, she moved to New York after the death of her husband, she and all of her kids except one were massacred in an Indian raid.
In colonial time if any robbed someone or any other crimes like that the punishment was death. Offenders were expected to make restitutions to suffer forms of public humiliation; this punishment was to deter spectators from committing crimes and to punish them. Criminals were entitled to a jury trial, and they preferred being tried by a judge. Punishment often varied by sex. A man might be fined and a servant whipped. The most common form of punishment was whipping. Women were convinced as common, and their husbands had to save the by paying a fine (Reich 192). Other criminals had their
English III (CP)
Mrs. Jenny
30 November 2010
Mrs. Jenny
English III (CP)
30 November 2010
Historical Facts through Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter relates to colonial time. There are some historical references such as colonial dress, Native American medicine, Anne Hutchinson, laws and Boston.
In colonial times both men and women wore stockings that were woven mechanically. Lace, ribbons, embroidery, artificial flowers, quilting’s, and jewels decorated men’s and women’s clothes (Gorsline 65). Most people wore caps, or hats, even when they went to bed. Little girl’s often wore sunbonnet’s to keep the sun off their face (Gross …show more content…
The Mohawks built a bathhouse at the edge of the stream. When they wanted to take a steam bath, they built a fire next to the hut. They dropped stones into the fire, and when they were red, they placed them into the bathhouse. The Indians poured water on the hot stones. Steamed filled the air, the air grew thick and very hot. After they could no longer stand the heat, they burst out the bathhouse and jumped into the stream. Baths were a religious ceremony. People prayed to the spirits they believed in, as the Indians bathed. When the Indians were sweating they felt they made themselves pure. Warriors took steam baths before they went to war. Before hunters hunted, they took a steam bath. Indians believed that steam baths kept them healthy (Nault …show more content…
After fourteen years of living here she wanted to move. On August9, 1612 she married Will Hutchinson in London. After that they moved back to Alford. Anne Hutchinson was a debout Christian woman. She had fifteen children with her husband. After she was excommunicated she and her family moved to Rhode Island. She was a Puritan religious leader. In 1634, she immigrated to Massachusetts to follow John Cotton’s preachings. She was elected to be a woman to go around and talk to pregnant woman. She prayed and had bible study with those in labor and that is why she got excommunicated. In 1642, she moved to New York after the death of her husband, she and all of her kids except one were massacred in an Indian raid.
In colonial time if any robbed someone or any other crimes like that the punishment was death. Offenders were expected to make restitutions to suffer forms of public humiliation; this punishment was to deter spectators from committing crimes and to punish them. Criminals were entitled to a jury trial, and they preferred being tried by a judge. Punishment often varied by sex. A man might be fined and a servant whipped. The most common form of punishment was whipping. Women were convinced as common, and their husbands had to save the by paying a fine (Reich 192). Other criminals had their