The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism Of The Forest In Puritan Society

Part I of Essay
In the democracy that America holds presently, government attempts to make society much less harsh and more easygoing. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around a seventeenth century, rigid Puritan society in which one is unable to express ....

Part II of Essay
.... all signs of civilization vanish. This is precisely the escape route from the strict ordinances of law and religion. It is a refuge where all humankind, can open up and naturally be themselves, and here that Dimmesdale openly acknowledges Hester and his undying love for her. In the forest, Hester can also do the same for Dimmesdale, such as the time when she revealed her actual relationship with Chillingworth to Dimmesdale- "O Arthur, cries Hester, "forgive me! In all things else I have to be true!... That Old man!- the physician- he whom ....