The_Scarlet_Letter__Light_Vs_Dark

The Scarlet Letter: Light Vs Dark The Light and the Dark “Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom.” In the story of The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorn, Hester Prynne has committed the sin of adultery and wears a scarlet “A” on her chest to condemn her. Throughout the story, examples of lightness and darkness are used. Also can be known as good and evil. In the light, the community felt the need to obscure their sins and look pure, as not to let on that they have committed any. If they let on, they will be punished just as Hester was. But during the night and in the dark they feel free to let themselves go. They can all let out their sins, because no one else but them will know about it. “The door of the jail being flung open from within, they’re appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into the sunshine…” Hester Prynne broke the unwritten law by presenting her sin in the light. When she stood on the scaffold, she stood proud. “Those who had before known her, scarlet, letter, hester, sin, light, pearl, sunshine, story, about, sun, stood, scaffold, let, dark, night, morning, because, women, through, sins, should, satan, out, one, known, instead, evil, dimmesdale, darkness, considered, committed, away, whom, try, town