Theme Of The Forest In The Scarlet Letter

The forest is a very important aspect of this novel. In The Scarlet Letter, there is a lot of secrecy and lying. The theme of this book is to be true, so it is obvious that there is a lot of lies being told. The forest gives shelter and secrecy to those who need it. In the town, there are so many rules, and if you do something wrong, someone is bound to see it. The forest offers Dimmesdale and Hester secrecy that they need when they have to talk to each other. While they are in the town, they are forced to follow all the rules and obey at all times. Dimmesdale is afraid to talk to Hester in town because he is still too afraid to confess his sins. Dimmesdale knows that if he is seen with Hester, people will suspect that he is the father and he is not mentally or emotionally strong enough to handle people’s question and accusations if they did suspect something.
Hester knows that she can’t talk to him in the town because they could get caught. She hears that Dimmesdale will be in the forest later that day, while he is on his way back from visiting a Native American on the other side of the forest. Hester decides to go out to the forest with Pearl and wait for him to get back. She knows she must talk to him in the forest because they will need the privacy and secrecy that the forest offers. They can talk in private for as long as they want and nobody will bother them. They meet and talk about what they need to do. Hester and Dimmesdale decide that they need to leave and go back to Europe. They could only make these plans in the forest. Hester and Dimmesdale could be put to death if they were seen together and people figured out that Dimmesdale is Pearl’s