The forest in this case represents the subconscious mind of the Puritan society because to them the forest is the place of the devil and witches. It is a free place where no one watches to report misbehaviors to the magistrates, so people do as they like, which is derived from the id, the sexual seat, as Freud would describe it. ... "It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest. ... However, the forest to Hester is like a lolly-pop to small child's eyes. ... Canst thou deem it, Hester, a consolation, that I must stand up in my pulpit, and meet so many eyes turned upward to...

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The forest in this case represents the subconscious mind of the Puritan society because to them the forest is the place of the devil and witches. It is a free place where no one watches to report misbehaviors to the magistrates, so people do as they like, which is derived from the id, the sexual seat, as Freud would describe it. ... "It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest. ... However, the forest to Hester is like a lolly-pop to small child's eyes. ... Canst thou deem it, Hester, a consolation, that I must stand up in my pulpit, and meet so many eyes turned upward to...

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• Grade Level: High School

The only light in the dark atmosphere is a rosebush growing by the prison door. ... After Hester is guided back to the prison, she is reported to be in a state of high excitement and nervousness. ... They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendour, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and the daybreak that shall unite all who belong to one another."   ...

• Word Count: 3653
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• Grade Level: High School