Be Yourslef

This was my idea. Any advice would be helpful! According to Hawthorne, the Puritan society sees nature as evil, because nature says be yourself. The way the woods are depicted as the devils land, in which people sign the devils book, adds to this idea. As well as the way they look at little Pearl’s free flowing jumpy naturalistic movements as devil like. However, the woods, in reality allow Hester to let down her hair and think for herself. In the case of Pearl, nature loves her: all the animals come to her, the flowers “plea” to decorate her hair and the sunlight falls on her face. The puritans consider nature as evil because nature tells us to be ourselves and think freely. Here are some other instances that I might use and relate to the bigger idea. -When they go into the woods, Dimmesdale feels free and like a new man, but when he goes back into society he feels evil, and wants to do acts of wrong, like he did sign the black book. -The beginning scene of the prison door instead of a natural scene. -Mrs Hibbins thinks she is a witch cus she went into the woods but who knows if she really is-she just thinks that her trip to the forest caused her to become evil -The sunlight on Pearl but not Hester in the trip to the woods shows how society has made Hester conform and nature doesnt like the conformity.