Representation Of Romanticism In The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Representation of Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The use of Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter contradicts strict puritan society with nature and the freedom that comes with it . Hawthorne portrays Romantic elements such as admiring nature and solitude, and revolutionary thoughts, in The Scarlet Letter. Theses elements are used in Hester’s ostracization from society, thus leading her to posses revolutionary thoughts. Hawthorne uses the prison as a symbol of society, and the nature outside of it to contradict it. Society is a “ponderous iron-work” (33), gloomy , and has a dark aspect to it. Society is a prison. The field outside of the prison “had so early borne the black flower of civilized society”, society harshness is portrayed in the field. The field is full of weeds, representing how society is killing creativity and individualism, just as how the weeds are kill plants. At the doorway of the of the prison is a wild rose-bush, which has “delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty” (113). The rose described has wild is free from the harshness of society, it still maintains its’ beauty unlike the field. Its’ fragile beauty opposes the heavy prison door. Nature is a place of joy …show more content…
The kindness and sympathy of nature is shown when Hester takes off the scarlet letter, and then there is a burst a sunshine “pouring a very flood into the obscure forest, gladdening each green leaf, transmuting the yellow fallen ones to gold, and gleaming adown the gray trunks of the solemn trees”(139). Nature’s “approval” of Hester’s decision demonstrates its’ kindness. It allows Hester to reach her full potential and restore herself back to her beauty. It breaks society's oppressive spell on Hester, which disfigured her physically.
Representation of Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The use of Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter contradicts strict puritan society with nature and the freedom that comes with it . Hawthorne portrays Romantic elements such as admiring nature and solitude, and revolutionary thoughts, in The Scarlet Letter. Theses elements are used in Hester’s ostracization from society, thus leading her to posses revolutionary thoughts. Hawthorne uses the prison as a symbol of society, and the nature outside of it to contradict it. Society is a “ponderous iron-work” (33), gloomy , and has a dark aspect to it. Society is a prison. The field outside of the prison “had so early borne the black flower of civilized society”, society harshness is portrayed in the field. The field is full of weeds, representing how society is killing creativity and individualism, just as how the weeds are kill plants. At the doorway of the of the prison is a wild rose-bush, which has “delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty” (113). The rose described has wild is free from the harshness of society, it still maintains its’ beauty unlike the field. Its’ fragile beauty opposes the heavy prison door. Nature is a place of joy …show more content…
The kindness and sympathy of nature is shown when Hester takes off the scarlet letter, and then there is a burst a sunshine “pouring a very flood into the obscure forest, gladdening each green leaf, transmuting the yellow fallen ones to gold, and gleaming adown the gray trunks of the solemn trees”(139). Nature’s “approval” of Hester’s decision demonstrates its’ kindness. It allows Hester to reach her full potential and restore herself back to her beauty. It breaks society's oppressive spell on Hester, which disfigured her physically.