The Nature of the woods

I am thinking about writing on the relationship between nature and society. I want to elaborate on the view of the woods in specific from the Puritans culture. They see that the woods are somewhere that people can be themselves and go against society, like Hester and mistress Hibbins do, so they put a label on it as the "devils playground" as a place to avoid because they want to keep people in the grasp of their society. I also want to talk about the details of how Hester is herself in the woods and can show her true values and how nature is one with pearl as she is the only person who is herself and holds no hypocrisy. I also want to mention Emerson's ideas on nature and the way Hawthorne imitates some of his ideals, and how pearl mainly is the image of the ideal person in Emerson’s thoughts. I am going to utilize the scene where Hester and Dimsdale meet in the forest and their love is revealed and can be shown in the open and safety of the forest especially on pg. 405, where hester is allowed to literally let her hair down, to show her true sense of character. Also elaborating on mistress Hibbins I want to talk about the irony of how she goes to the woods to go against society and be herself, when in reality she follows societies view of the woods being the devils home and goes to the forest to sign her name in the devils book, as well as mention the view of the forest from pearl as a place of beauty and a sort of fairytale. The three different vies and opinions of the woods and nature, in comparison to society will be the main focus and what ties my paper together.