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Kristen Verge 12-2-05 Period 3 Hawthorne Essay The struggle between science and religion, the perpetual fight between absolute knowledge and knowledge based on faith, has been debated by countless scholars and religious zealots throughout history. The Puritanical voice which has spoken in this tumult, representing the strict values and ethics of a religious society set in the ways of its forefathers, would be expected to blatantly damn all that is empirical and blasphemous that had stained the purity of religion. The Puritan voice of Nathaniel Hawthorne, however, retained a Puritanical attitude yet separated himself from his fellows by examining not only the problems of a scientific outlook, but also the difficulties of a purely religious view. The 19th century author, now praised for his numerous short stories and The Scarlet Letter, exemplified the corruption of humanity which came through the pursuit of knowledge and putting oneself on a...

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