The Scarlet Letter

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Do you think the Puritans in the book needed the strict rules and laws they set down upon first settling in America? Why or why not?

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The Puritans fled England in order to escape persecution of their literal beliefs in the Bible. It makes sense that they should carry on this belief system in the new world.

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