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The Scarlet Letter: Darkness Illuminated
Since the conception of humanity, man has been fascinated with that
presence which illuminates, yet cannot be touched. Mankind has brought it into
his religions, giving it a great deal of importance in his creed. Following in
the footsteps of his ancestors, Nat ....
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.... faith? Yet Bellingham, the very person that
passed judgment on Hester and her sin is laid bare to the reader's opened eye.
Here, light shows Governor Bellingham to be corrupt due to his improvident
lifestyle.
In his genius, Hawthorne defines light not only as a presence, but as an
animate consciousness. Still acting as a tool of God, light seems to run away
from Hester when she tries to touch it. Pearl, in her inexplicable
intuitiveness, says to Hester, "...the sunshine does not love you. It runs away
and hides itself, because it is afraid ....
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