Scarlet Letter- Romanticism

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can be revealed when Mistress Hibbins approaches Hester to invite her to “dance with the dark man”, this goes with the setting of the forest. She presents Hester with the question “wilt thou go with us tonight? There will be a merry company in the forest; and I well-nigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester should make one” (119). When rumors spread through town about Hester and her adulterous letter, they would say that it would glow when she would walk through the forest, thus revealing the forest as a somewhat witchlike place. However, the forest is also a safe place. Safety is demonstrated as Hester goes to talk with Dimmesdale and she approaches none other than, the forest. Thus, concluding that the forest serves as a protective area and an area to be feared or weary of. The fear of the forest is what makes it safe.
Along with the sense of nature in the novel the concept of naturalness of humanity, or naturalism also occurs. In a strict society, such as ...