I need help with an assignment to give a sketch of Puritanic society found in The Scarlet Letter. The assignment must cover 2000 words. Please, I...

A 2,000 word essay is lengthy, and will require quite a
bit of research at the beginning.  Certainly, your essay could be organized according to
the three inclusion points listed.  You might aim to write 2 paragraphs on each point
(though, logically, I would suggest you switch the order of point 1 and point 2).  Once
you add an introduction and conclusion to the paper, you should have about 8 paragraphs
total.  If each paragraph is 250 words in length, you'll have met your
goal.

In order to help you get started on this assignment,
I encourage you to brainstorm answers and ideas for each of the three inclusion points
listed.  Most of this information is readily available on the Internet by conducting a
basic search using keywords: Puritans, Puritanism, Puritanism in The Scarlet Letter. 
Some basic information includes:

• Puritans refers
  to a number of Protestant groups whose purpose was to “purify” the Church of
  England


• Their theology stressed humanity’s inherent evil;
  they believed that all humans were sinners and deserved eternal
  damnation.


• They also believed in the mercy of God and
  that “the elect” would be saved through the death of Jesus
  Christ.


• The question that ruled their lives: How do you
  know if you are “saved” or “damned?”


• Puritans lived in
  fear of God's wrath; they created several "Biblical" rules and the people followed them
  out of fear.


• Magistrates, ministers, and governors,
  however, hypocritically acted as judges of others and considered themselves already
  "saved."


• The characters in The Scarlet
  Letter represent different people in a Puritan society.  Hester is a sinner
  living in judgement and fear.  Dimmesdale is a minister pretending to be righteous (for
  the people) but hiding his sin in secret agony.  Chillingworth is an outsider
  representing ideas from "savages" and the outside world; he seeks to punish Dimmesdale
  through guilt and manipulation.  Other magistrates, the governor, and the townspeople
  act as hypocrites, judges, and societal influences on the main
  characters.

The links below will supply you
with additional helpful information in your research.