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Historical Figures in the Scarlet Letter

Rachel Bell

Updated May 21, 2018

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Historical Figures?

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Rachel Bell

May, 2018

Theme?

First, what IS the theme?

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The theme of the Scarlet Letter is that women are strong and can bring a change to the world for equality.

"in Heaven's own time, a new truith would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between a man and a woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness" (Hawthorne, 180).

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Historical Figure #1

Ann Hibbins - She is called "Mistress Hibbins", she was the third victim to be executed for witchcraft. She was killed on June 19th, 1656.

"It might be, too, that a witch, like old Mistress Hibbins, the bitter tempered widow of the magistrate, was to die upon the gallows" (34).

Historical Figure #2

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Ann Hutchinson - (1591-1643) Born in England, she later moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. She fought for religious freedom across the colony and new world.

"Yet, had little Pearl never come to her from the spiritual world, it might have been far otherwise. Then, she might have come down to us in history, hand in hand with Ann Hutchinson, as the foundress of a religious sect" (113).

Depiction of Hibbins' execution

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Ann Hutchinson

Women being independent

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Ann Hibbins proved that women could be independent

Ann Hibbins was a lady who was later accused of and executed for the sin of witchcraft. However, she did as she pleased and did not need any support from anyone. She was an outcast from all of the other puritan women and showed that women can be strong on their own.

“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.” - Roman Payne

Taking a Stand

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Anne Hutchinson's contributions

Anne Hutchinson helped push the argument of religious freedom in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was one of the first women in her town to stand up for herself like this. They even refer to her as hope within the stories, comparing her to the roses outside of the prison door.

"As there is fair authority for believing, it had sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson, as she entered the prison door," (Hawthorne, 34).

Fin

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By using these different women in history, Hawthorne was really trying to push that women are strong and can be independent. He also sees that a change is coming that will change history forever.

"The angel and apostle of the coming revelation must be a woman, indeed, but lofty, pure, and beautiful; and wise, moreover, not through dusky grief, but the ethereal medium of joy; and showing how sacred love should make us happy, by the truest test of a life successful to such an end" (180).

Works Cited

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=scottow

https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Bellingham-8th-Gov-of-Massachusetts/6000000000250388698

https://www.history.com/topics/anne-hutchinson

https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/scarlet-letter/

https://www.opnlttr.com/letter/mother%E2%80%99s-open-letter-her-independent-daughter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Dover Publications, 1994.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/strong-women

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