Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer of the 1800s. He had many works of Romanticism, most inspired by Puritan New England. One of them is The Scarlet Letter, which he wrote based on the Puritan era. The Puritans had a number of beliefs including: God's will explains all natural phenomena, God chooses who becomes one of the elect, and ministers and church members control and constitute the government. Hawthorn includes examples of romance throughout the story, but this novel focuses more on the Puritan lifestyle throughout the story's timeline. Hawthorne also uses some sarcasm when mentioning Puritan beliefs. Hawthorne includes examples of God throughout this novel. When Hester asks Bellingham and Wilson to let her keep Pearl, she pleads, "'God gave me the child!' ” (Hawthorne 51). He uses their beliefs against them to try to prove his point. She felt that God would not have granted her the Pearl if she were not worthy. Bellingham then orders Wilson: "'...examine this Pearl...and see whether she has had such a Christian education as befits a child of her age.' Mr. Wilson goes on to ask her, "'Can you tell me, my daughter, who made you?' "(Hawthorne 50). Pearl told them that she was picked from a rose bush. This shocked them because most children knew they were from God because that was what parents taught their children. Hawthorne shows his own beliefs through the actions of God's chosen ministers and governors. God chose what the elect consisted of in this time period and Hawthorne uses many examples of this belief. The people of Boston looked at Dimmesdale as if he were God himself, as one man says to Chillingworth: "'...in the church of the devout Master Dimmesdale.' " (Hawth... middle of paper... ticism because they were very imaginative. Meteors may not form a letter "A" in the sky, but Romantic writers preferred imagination to reason. They also emphasized emotions, which Hester showed in The Scarlet Letter when he expresses his pain towards Chillingworth when he knows she has betrayed him and then again his love for Dimmesdale Although Hawthorne states that his book, The Scarlet Letter, is a work of romance, this novel focuses more on it. on the Puritan lifestyle throughout the story's timeline, Hawthorne includes examples of God, how God chose the elect, ministers and church officials controlled the government, and forthright examples of the Puritan lifestyle include examples of romance, but includes many other examples of puritanism. He tried to make his novel a work of romantic writing, but it turned out to be more puritanical.