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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the effects of different places on people’s behaviors are clearly illustrated. The Puritan society did not allow self-expression and because of that, many Puritans had to find alternate places to do this. The market-place was a civilized place that followed society’s rules never allowed self-expression. There was also the forest, a place that never had any rules or anything to conform to. When comparing the two places, Hawthorne uses the character Arthur Dimmesdale in the forest and the market-place to suggest how humans need a place of refuge to escape from the daily routine of society and open up and be true to themselves. The forest is a place where a person can do things that are forbidden in the market-place. Dimmesdale never spoke to Hester alone in the market-place but when they met in the forest, they were caught up in deep conversation. At the procession Hester remembers their time in the forest as she watches Dimmesdale pass by, “She thought of the dim forest, with its little dell of solitude, and love, and anguish,…where…they had mingled their sad and passionate talk….”(164).
Approximate Word count = 685
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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