An Analysis of the Forest Scene

If one were to possess an imprecise stance on an issue, that person would be suspect to change their perceptions. This theory of ever-changing perception is present in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter; specifically in the forest scene where Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale meet. Hawthorne's irresolute feelings of Puritanism coincide with Hester's changing fortune. When Hawthorne believes in Puritanism, Hester is downhearted, and when Hawthorne disagrees with Puritanism and is a romantic, Hester is in rather good spirits.
Before his gravitation to romanticism, Hawthorne states th…