Her husband, Chillingworth who she loved in the beginning but didn't last, is overseas and Hester thinks that her husband is dead. Keep in mind that in order for her to fit into the Puritan society, she would have to remain celibate to keep her bond to her early husband, whether he's alive or dead. ... The only negativity of what happened was that of the Puritan society and its unnatural and restrictive laws, forcing its ideals and morals over all the people in such a way going against nature. ... Overall, Hawthorne alters European Romanticism to American Romanticism by finding the t...

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Both incorporate the Romantic ideals such as expressions towards nature, no matter how briefly, but focus on social criticisms even though they may not be the accepted view of the time and they both state that little will be done in the future if the monarchy continues. ... There is also the oppositional view of this point, in that it is not in any way the "youthful Harlot" fault that the degradation in marriage has occurred, it is more the point that there would be no need for prostitutes if husbands were faithful. ...

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