Where and when does the opening scene of this chapter take place? Is Hawthorne writing about his own society or a different time period? Refer to details from the text and the introduction to support your answer

In 1642 in a small town in Massachusetts. Hawthorne is writing about a different time period. Nathaniel Hawthorne's is telling a story of a young woman in "The scarlet letter" and tell us where it takes place in the introduction.