... by the rules of the town makes the townspeople uncomfortable with the thought of spending extensive time in the forest. Because the townspeople refuse to enter the forest due to their fear, it becomes the perfect meeting area for Hester and Dimmesdale. The segment "Had the forest still kept its gloom, it would have been bright in Hester's eyes, and bright in Arthur Dimmesdale's" means that even if the forest was not alive with color and light ... , it still would have been a refuge for Hester and Dimmesdale because it was not under the judgmental eye of their peers and church. The peace ...

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... , contained dark places that the cold light of reason alone could not break through. Relating directly to allegories is Hawthorne's use of symbolism in his stories. This is very evident in The Scarlet Letter where he uses setting and characterization to create an image of the various characters who each symbolize a different human trait. The Minister's Black Veil is the first of Hawthorne's stories in which the confrontation of a central ... 's dream vision or his spectral adventure in the forest, he has received a paralyzing sense that the brotherhood and unity of man is only reachable t...

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