Question

Based on Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter, what biased view do Hester Prynne and most of her fellow settlers hold of themselves in relation to the Native American population in the area?
They see themselves as more civilized.
The see themselves as less knowledgeable.
They see themselves as more simple.
They see themselves as less powerful.

Answer 1

Answer:

They see themselves as more civilized.

Explanation:

They see themselves as more civilized – this is the correct answer. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and settlers, Puritans, all think Native Americans are less civilized than themselves. They think of them as savages, like they don’t have as developed culture and society. For Puritans, Natives are wild, mysterious, ignorant, and uneducated.

They see themselves as less knowledgeable - this is not the correct answer. Puritans do not think native people are more knowledgeable than them.

They see themselves as more simple – this is not true. If anything, Puritans think Native Americans are more simple-minded than them.

They see themselves as less powerful – this is not the correct answer. Puritans did not think they are less powerful than Natives.