The Characteristics Of Nature In The Scarlet Letter

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sin and the second passage uses nature to describe Pearl’s appearance as wild and magical.
The forest becomes Hawthorne‘s tool to describe the interlude between Dimmesdale and Hester. The long passage describes the actions between Hester and Dimmesdale in one of their most woeful times. The passage is often referred to as one with a sexual nature, though this is not clear in Hawthorne’s words. Hawthorne’s words can accurately be referred to as very sensuous and passionate, although not overtly sexual. Hawthorne states, “The boughs were tossing heavily above their heads; while one solemn old tree groaned dolefully to another, as if telling the sad story of the pair that set beneath, or constrained to forebode evil to come.”(Hawthorne, 186)
Hawthorne repeatedly used characteristics of nature to capitalize on the theme that nature is wild and beautiful. The Scarlet Letter became Hawthorne’s canvas. He used the book to paint his characters in nature and used nature as an intrinsic ...

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