In a way, the natural setting of the prison showed the contrast between the utopian Puritan society and the evil, dark place where the audience meets Hester Prynne. ... Hawthorne describes the graveyard in detail to show Chillingworths evil heart, and also to foreshadow the death of Dimmesdale. ... By using the eerie setting of the graveyard, Hawthorne strengthens the plot development by foreshadowing death and evil in the relationship between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. ... By using nature to drastically affect the characters, Hawthorne is able to tie in the themes by foreshadowing future e...

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"Ceasing to do evil is the most that can be asked of a human " (Howells- Hawthorne's Hester Prynne). ... She had returned, therefore, and resumed - of her own free will, for not the sternest magistrate of that iron period would have imposed it,-resumed the symbol of which we have related so dark a tale. ...

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