In Chapter II, entitled "The Market-Place", the citizens of Boston are discussing their disapproval of Hester Prynne's flimsy sentence. During the 1800's, adultery was extremely frowned upon and predominantly resulted in death. However, Hester's punishment is to wear her shame in the form of a scarlet letter for the duration of her life. The public's outrage indicates that the people of this period were mindful of the law as well as the town authority. Anything even remotely considerd blasphemous was taken seriously with no mercy from the self-righteous townspeople.
In Chapter II "The Market Place" Hester emerges from the prison. In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she wouldn't have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges. Some even advocate death for Hester. The ordeal tells one the cultural expectations of the time where very harsh and strenuous. Woman were very faithful to their husbands at this time, therefore an act of adultery was considered to be an outrage.
In Chapter 2, "The Market place," the coversations that were being held in the crowd tells about the cultural expectations of the time as a very serious issue of breaking the law. Some justified the consequences of her actions,and some did the opposite. The crowd was in contemplation of what should happen next on Hester Prynne's part.
Throughout the conversations in the "Market Place", it is quite understandable that adultery was an unforgiving act of sin in the 1600's. Women were clearly expected to stay loyal to their husbands and travel nowhere outside of their family. Hester Prynne, feeling very shameful, did not meet these expectations of the 1600's whatsoever.
The 1600s were a religious time. People were expected to virtuous. If they committed sins, they were not virtuous. This is made very apparent in Chapter II as people shunned Hester Prynne for having committed adultery. The cultural expectations were fairly high because almost everything was considered a sin.
In chapter II "The Maket Place", the conversation among the people in the crowd tells many ideas about the cultural expectations of the time. one being that adultery was an unforgiving sin at this time, and a person was and till this day is still expected to remain loyal to their spouces no matter the means of the situation. Hester Pryne committing adultery did not committ to these expectations.
In Chapter II,the conversation among the people in the crowd is surrounded around how they feel about Hester's punishment.They feel as though she got of too easy with her punishment.The people feel as though the consequce of committing a sin such as,adultry should be taken seriously.This tells one about the cultural expectations of the time because, it shows that they were religous and had their beliefs that they felt strongly about.
The conversation among the people in the crowd reveals a belief that sin not only penetrates our world but that it should be vigorously investigated and exposed so that it can be punished publicly. Hester becomes a victim, and the public nature of her punishment makes her an object for voyeuristic examination; it also gives the townspeople, especially the women, a chance to convince themselves of their own religiousness by condemning her as obnoxiously as possible. Rather than seeing their own potential sinfulness in Hester, the they see her as someone whose contraventions exceed and destory their own mistakes.
In Chapter two "The Market Place," Nathaniel Hawthorne writes of the citizens of Boston holding a conversation. This conversation when analyzed reveals the cultural expectations of the 1600s. This conversation was held by mainly the "goodwives," (56) on the topic of Hester Prynne and her sentencing. The "goodwives,"(56) felt in their hearts Hester Prynne's sentencing was too light, and the sin she committed was of much debacle and much too sinful. Hester Prynne commiting adultry and not being executed , revealed the time period and how adultry was considered very sinful. The people of Boston in the 1600s had very strict religious ways in New England and were tight-knit in keeping an eye on the entire town. If one person were to commit a sin and a heavy one itself, the town was obligated to prosecute and punish that one person.
In chapter II "The Maket Place", the conversation among the people in the crowd tells alot about the cultural expectations of the time. For example, how they felt that women commiting adultry was very wrong so this showed how they were very religious and against it. Obviously, their cultural expectations were very high. Mostly everything someone did was considered a sin.
In Chapter II, "The Market Place," the people in the crowd expresses their thoughts about the situation concerning Hester Prynne. Their comments show how strongly they feel about adultery, many feel that Hester Prynne should die for her sin and her punishment is fairly too little. The culture expectations of the time was that adultery is sinful and one must die when it is committed. Women of the time were to be virtuous and pure, so it is not difficult to see why the women felt Hester was giving them a bad name.
In Chapter II, "The Market Place," is described as a gathering with a large amount of prating amongst the women, all regarding the fate of Hester Prynne. A woman in the crowd exclaims, "If the hussy stood up for the judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded" (35). The fact that the woman refers to the sentence as an "award" makes it known she feels that Hesther deserves a more severe punishment. This reveals the holy and reverent thinking amongst the women at the time. They held sin to a high level, and felt such a sin as adultery should be sentenced with death, or at the vary least a letter "A" burnt into Prynne's skin.
In the 1600’s, abiding to religion in everything you do was the way to live; it was a very religious time. The conversation among the crowd shows this cultural expectation. Adultery, being an unforgiving sin at the time, resulted in execution due to its seriousness. Hester Prynne committing this act should have resulted in her execution, and that’s what the people spoke of. Even though it is not a law that if broken will result in execution, one is still expected to remain faithful to their significant other.
In Chapter II,"The Market Place," their is a strong undertone of the disapproval of Hester's sin. The women of the town look at Hester with heavy disdain. Many of the men look at Hester with a strange familiarity as if she would willingly commit adultery a second time. These actions show the audience that there were high moral standards in the time of THE SCARLET LETTER. There was a threat of execution for wrongdoings that would fail to get attention in modern society.
In Courtney Howe’s blog about understanding other cultures, she states, “The ordeal tells one the cultural expectations of the time where very harsh and strenuous.” This proves true when one considers the gathering of townspeople just to hear the punishment of Hester. This cold demeanor suited a community in which religion and law so intermixed in the hearts of the people that mild punishments were just as terrifying as the serious ones.
In Courtney Howe's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in Chapter II, "The Market Place", she states, "In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she wouldn't have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges". This proves true since religion was a serious and orderly way of life. The act of committing adultery was seen as an outrage and severe punishment was to be given to anyone who did it.
In Courtney Howe's blog about "The Market Place" and the conversation among the people in the crowd there she states, "In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she wouldn't have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges." This proves true when one considers the time period and the townspeople's attitude toward a sin like Hester's. Some even felt that Hester deserved to die for committing such an act as adultery. This shows how seriously people during that time felt about upholding decency and civility. The townspeople held law in high esteem.
In Nicole's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in Chapter II, she states, "The conversation among the crowd shows their cultural expectations". This proves true when one realizes how the townspeople took their religion seriously. Additionally, since adultery was an unforgiving sin at the time, the result was execution due to its seriousness. However, Hester Prynne committing this act should have resulted in her execution, and that is what the people spoke of.
In Courtney Howe's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd, she states, "In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she would not have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges. Some even advocate death for Hester." This proves true because during that specific time one was treated very harshly if he or she did wrong by the community. One was looked at as an alien and sometimes treated very bad by the community. This shows that the cultural expectation of the civilization was very high.
In Kayla Johnson's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in chapter II, "The Market Place", she states, "During the 1800's, adultery was extremely frowned upon and predominantly resulted in death." This proves true. Hester Prynne's act of adultery was against many of the townsfolk's religions at this point of time. The conversation at the Market Place between the townspeople basically implied that not everyone was satisfied with Hester Prynne's punishment, felt as if death would have been a better way to punish Hester for commiting adultery.
In Nicole's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in chapter II, "The Market Place", she states, "In the 1600’s, abiding to religion in everything you do was the way to live; it was a very religious time. The conversation among the crowd shows this cultural expectation." This proves true when one considers the depth that the situation took in the story's plot. Hester became the center of the town's attention. They felt as though her commiting adultry was a sin in their religion, and she should be punished.
In Chapter II, entitled "The Market-Place", the citizens of Boston are discussing their disapproval of Hester Prynne's flimsy sentence. During the 1800's, adultery was extremely frowned upon and predominantly resulted in death. However, Hester's punishment is to wear her shame in the form of a scarlet letter for the duration of her life. The public's outrage indicates that the people of this period were mindful of the law as well as the town authority. Anything even remotely considerd blasphemous was taken seriously with no mercy from the self-righteous townspeople.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter II "The Market Place" Hester emerges from the prison. In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she wouldn't have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges. Some even advocate death for Hester. The ordeal tells one the cultural expectations of the time where very harsh and strenuous. Woman were very faithful to their husbands at this time, therefore an act of adultery was considered to be an outrage.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 2, "The Market place," the coversations that were being held in the crowd tells about the cultural expectations of the time as a very serious issue of breaking the law. Some justified the consequences of her actions,and some did the opposite. The crowd was in contemplation of what should happen next on Hester Prynne's part.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the conversations in the "Market Place", it is quite understandable that adultery was an unforgiving act of sin in the 1600's. Women were clearly expected to stay loyal to their husbands and travel nowhere outside of their family. Hester Prynne, feeling very shameful, did not meet these expectations of the 1600's whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteThe 1600s were a religious time. People were expected to virtuous. If they committed sins, they were not virtuous. This is made very apparent in Chapter II as people shunned Hester Prynne for having committed adultery. The cultural expectations were fairly high because almost everything was considered a sin.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter II "The Maket Place", the conversation among the people in the crowd tells many ideas about the cultural expectations of the time. one being that adultery was an unforgiving sin at this time, and a person was and till this day is still expected to remain loyal to their spouces no matter the means of the situation. Hester Pryne committing adultery did not committ to these expectations.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter II,the conversation among the people in the crowd is surrounded around how they feel about Hester's punishment.They feel as though she got of too easy with her punishment.The people feel as though the consequce of committing a sin such as,adultry should be taken seriously.This tells one about the cultural expectations of the time because, it shows that they were religous and had their beliefs that they felt strongly about.
ReplyDeleteThe conversation among the people in the crowd reveals a belief that sin not only penetrates our world but that it should be vigorously investigated and exposed so that it can be punished publicly. Hester becomes a victim, and the public nature of her punishment makes her an object for voyeuristic examination; it also gives the townspeople, especially the women, a chance to convince themselves of their own religiousness by condemning her as obnoxiously as possible. Rather than seeing their own potential sinfulness in Hester, the they see her as someone whose contraventions exceed and destory their own mistakes.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter two "The Market Place," Nathaniel Hawthorne writes of the citizens of Boston holding a conversation. This conversation when analyzed reveals the cultural expectations of the 1600s. This conversation was held by mainly the "goodwives," (56) on the topic of Hester Prynne and her sentencing. The "goodwives,"(56) felt in their hearts Hester Prynne's sentencing was too light, and the sin she committed was of much debacle and much too sinful. Hester Prynne commiting adultry and not being executed , revealed the time period and how adultry was considered very sinful. The people of Boston in the 1600s had very strict religious ways in New England and were tight-knit in keeping an eye on the entire town. If one person were to commit a sin and a heavy one itself, the town was obligated to prosecute and punish that one person.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter II "The Maket Place", the conversation among the people in the crowd tells alot about the cultural expectations of the time. For example, how they felt that women commiting adultry was very wrong so this showed how they were very religious and against it. Obviously, their cultural expectations were very high. Mostly everything someone did was considered a sin.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter II, "The Market Place," the people in the crowd expresses their thoughts about the situation concerning Hester Prynne. Their comments show how strongly they feel about adultery, many feel that Hester Prynne should die for her sin and her punishment is fairly too little. The culture expectations of the time was that adultery is sinful and one must die when it is committed. Women of the time were to be virtuous and pure, so it is not difficult to see why the women felt Hester was giving them a bad name.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter II, "The Market Place," is described as a gathering with a large amount of prating amongst the women, all regarding the fate of Hester Prynne. A woman in the crowd exclaims, "If the hussy stood up for the judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded" (35). The fact that the woman refers to the sentence as an "award" makes it known she feels that Hesther deserves a more severe punishment. This reveals the holy and reverent thinking amongst the women at the time. They held sin to a high level, and felt such a sin as adultery should be sentenced with death, or at the vary least a letter "A" burnt into Prynne's skin.
ReplyDeleteIn the 1600’s, abiding to religion in everything you do was the way to live; it was a very religious time. The conversation among the crowd shows this cultural expectation. Adultery, being an unforgiving sin at the time, resulted in execution due to its seriousness. Hester Prynne committing this act should have resulted in her execution, and that’s what the people spoke of. Even though it is not a law that if broken will result in execution, one is still expected to remain faithful to their significant other.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter II,"The Market Place," their is a strong undertone of the disapproval of Hester's sin. The women of the town look at Hester with heavy disdain. Many of the men look at Hester with a strange familiarity as if she would willingly commit adultery a second time. These actions show the audience that there were high moral standards in the time of THE SCARLET LETTER. There was a threat of execution for wrongdoings that would fail to get attention in modern society.
ReplyDeleteIn Courtney Howe’s blog about understanding other cultures, she states, “The ordeal tells one the cultural expectations of the time where very harsh and strenuous.” This proves true when one considers the gathering of townspeople just to hear the punishment of Hester. This cold demeanor suited a community in which religion and law so intermixed in the hearts of the people that mild punishments were just as terrifying as the serious ones.
ReplyDeleteIn Courtney Howe's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in Chapter II, "The Market Place", she states, "In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she wouldn't have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges". This proves true since religion was a serious and orderly way of life. The act of committing adultery was seen as an outrage and severe punishment was to be given to anyone who did it.
ReplyDeleteIn Courtney Howe's blog about "The Market Place" and the conversation among the people in the crowd there she states, "In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she wouldn't have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges." This proves true when one considers the time period and the townspeople's attitude toward a sin like Hester's. Some even felt that Hester deserved to die for committing such an act as adultery. This shows how seriously people during that time felt about upholding decency and civility. The townspeople held law in high esteem.
ReplyDeleteIn Nicole's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in Chapter II, she states, "The conversation among the crowd shows their cultural expectations". This proves true when one realizes how the townspeople took their religion seriously. Additionally, since adultery was an unforgiving sin at the time, the result was execution due to its seriousness. However, Hester Prynne committing this act should have resulted in her execution, and that is what the people spoke of.
ReplyDeleteIn Courtney Howe's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd, she states, "In the crowd several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne and how she would not have received such a light sentence if they had been the judges. Some even advocate death for Hester." This proves true because during that specific time one was treated very harshly if he or she did wrong by the community. One was looked at as an alien and sometimes treated very bad by the community. This shows that the cultural expectation of the civilization was very high.
ReplyDeleteIn Kayla Johnson's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in chapter II, "The Market Place", she states, "During the 1800's, adultery was extremely frowned upon and predominantly resulted in death." This proves true. Hester Prynne's act of adultery was against many of the townsfolk's religions at this point of time. The conversation at the Market Place between the townspeople basically implied that not everyone was satisfied with Hester Prynne's punishment, felt as if death would have been a better way to punish Hester for commiting adultery.
ReplyDeleteIn Nicole's blog addressing the conversation among the people in the crowd in chapter II, "The Market Place", she states, "In the 1600’s, abiding to religion in everything you do was the way to live; it was a very religious time. The conversation among the crowd shows this cultural expectation." This proves true when one considers the depth that the situation took in the story's plot. Hester became the center of the town's attention. They felt as though her commiting adultry was a sin in their religion, and she should be punished.
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