When Hawthorne was writing the book, there was a war going on between between science and religion. The forest represents science because it’s not well known and people associate it with evil. The forest is dark and darkness goes hand and hand with evil. In the book, the devil lives in the woods so the woods are the home of all evil. The rose bush that is by the prison door is a wild rose bush. It is the only beautiful vegetation that grows near the prison and is a stark contrast to all of it’s surrounding. It represents kindness and forgiveness because the prison is cruel and strict, and then there’s the rose bush that grows next to it, a beacon of hope. The rose bush also represents Hester rebelling against the common puritan beliefs and letting go. It just so happens that the rose is the same color of Hester’s scarlet
When Hawthorne was writing the book, there was a war going on between between science and religion. The forest represents science because it’s not well known and people associate it with evil. The forest is dark and darkness goes hand and hand with evil. In the book, the devil lives in the woods so the woods are the home of all evil. The rose bush that is by the prison door is a wild rose bush. It is the only beautiful vegetation that grows near the prison and is a stark contrast to all of it’s surrounding. It represents kindness and forgiveness because the prison is cruel and strict, and then there’s the rose bush that grows next to it, a beacon of hope. The rose bush also represents Hester rebelling against the common puritan beliefs and letting go. It just so happens that the rose is the same color of Hester’s scarlet