Essay Archive - The Scarlet Letter: Darkness Illuminated
The Scarlet Letter: Darkness Illuminated
Since the conception of humanity, man has been fascinated with that
presence which illuminates, yet cannot be touched. Mankind has brought it into
his religions, giving it a great deal of importance in his creed. Following in
the footsteps of his ancestors, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses light as a tool of God
that illuminates the darkness of human iniquity and exposes its permanence. He
studies the psychological theme of the impossibility of eradicating sin from the
human heart in his novel The Scarlet Letter. The use of light in order to
fortify this psychological theme confirms its....
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