2007-03-02 02:03:08 · 8 answers · asked by Chess 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
In it's depiction of the Puritan society and belief system, yes.
But of course, the specific people in the story never existed.
2007-03-02 02:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. S 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Hawthorne, as he did in many of his works, is criticizing his own family history. The generations before him were like the hard core Puritans that prosecuted Hester.
2007-03-02 02:14:54 · answer #2 · answered by sangreal 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it were truly completely accurate, would it be found in the fiction aisle? There are parts and pieces that do seem to be historically accurate. There were trials for such offenses, and people were sentenced to death and/or tortured cruelly for their offenses. As to the exact hows, we only have a few written records from that time period, so it's hard to say.
2007-03-02 02:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by KoKo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Although the sory is fictional, it uses acurate information from that era, and the letter A was commonly worn by adulterers.
2007-03-02 03:19:54 · answer #4 · answered by Sue R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The story itslef is fictional, but the book does make references to actual people/events.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_letter#Allusions.2Freferences_to_actual_history.2C_geography_and_current_science
2007-03-02 02:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by Xiomy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From what I remember reading several years ago - yes
2007-03-02 02:07:20 · answer #6 · answered by ha_mer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well back then it wasn't ok to commit adultery (it's still not!), but i don't think they made the adulterer wear an A!
2007-03-02 02:06:46 · answer #7 · answered by stitchfan85 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its a book in the ficton section
2007-03-02 02:11:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋