5、Chapter1Ⅰ.Introduction A. Puritans NathanielHawthorne’sTheScarletLetterwaswrittenin18thcentury.ThesettingofTheScarletLetterisinthe17thcenturyinBoston,America.BeforeproceedingtotheanalysisofthePuritanisminthenovel,somefundamentaldefinitionsneedtobeestablished.WhowerethePuritans?Whendidth