slavery

"Slavery" All of the characters in The Scarlet Letter were victims of some kind of slavery. The whole town of Boston, Massachusetts was made up of Puritans. They were very religious people and religion was basically their life. They worshiped God, the church and the reverend because they considered him the messenger from God. They were so enslaved by their religion that they couldn't see anything past it. " 'I'll tell ye a piece of my …

…that, they eventually become some other kind of slave, later in their life. It just seems to be a part of human nature. Slavery was a part of humans a long time ago, it's a part of us now and it will always remain a part of us to some extent. No matter what people try to do to change that or overcome it, it will never be possible to do that all the way.