Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is unquestionably a great piece of American literature. It can be analyzed and interpreted in many different ways because of the plot's intensity and characters' diversity. Two aspects that stand out above the others in Hawthorne's work are nature and society. With the use of Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl Hawthorn successfully proves that a relationship with nature, which embodies purity and freedom, can draw one's mind away from the corruption and enslavement of a cruel society.
Hester Prynne the main character of The Scarlet Letter is plagued with the adulteress "A" throughout the novel. Her Puritan society shuns, scorns, and talks negatively about her behind her back and to her face. Aware of society's lack of acceptance of her sin Hester looks to nature for her own sense of security and freedom. "She had wandered without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast and as intricate as the untamed ForrestÂ…Her intellect and......
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