The Scarlet Letter

in chapter two of the scarlet letter, what distinction does hawthorne make between his immediate forebears and these early puritans?

what distinction does hawthorne make between his immediate forebears and these early puritans?

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I think the first puritans did not have the guilt laden spectacles and public shaming to the extent that the "new" Puritans revelled in.

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