Flashcard sets with a 'nathaniel hawthorne' term meaning 'originally a transcendentalist; later rejected them and became a leading anti-transcendentalist. he was a descendant of puritan settlers. the scarlet letter shows the hypocrisy and insensitivity of new england puritans by showing their cruelty to a woman who has committed adultery and is forced to wear a scarlet "a".'

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