Puritan Society and the Role of the Female Gender in the 17th Century. By the example of Nathaniel Hawthorne's &quote;The Scarlett Letter&quote;

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: This research paper deals on the historical and cultural background of the 17th Century and will be focused on the literary work "e;The Scarlet Letter"e;. Today, topics like gender equality and feminism are so important and u...