What is love?
“While this passed, Hester had been standing on her pedestal, still with a fixed gaze on the stranger; so fixed a gaze, that, moments of intense absorption, all other objects in the world seemed to vanish, leaving only him and her.” One may assume Hester’s love for this stranger is of significance because her mind obliterated her condition on the pedestal, and the center of her attention is on this “stranger.” Love may be an abstract emotion, however Hester mentally forgetting all the pain she is inflicted with for this mysterious stranger is the true meaning of love.
“Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance that it overflows upon the outward world.” This beautiful quote suggest that love is the unconditional feeling one should feel regardless of age. It also implies that love will always have you in a jubilant mood, and will take over your heart, and emotions.
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There was no peril of discovery.” Hawthorne utilizes the night to enable activities which would not be tolerated throughout the day. Dimsdale walks to the pedestal during the night, and confesses his sin to nothing but the stars, to relieve himself of the guilt. However, confessing in broad daylight when the people could hear him would have not been permissible.
“It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow.” Hawthorne utilizes numerous metaphores, and symbolism to portray the connection between the nature outside to an individual’s internal nature. The two complement each other as the novel progresses; some examples would include, The flower and the prison-house, the gardens of the minister 's house, and the jungle and the river where Hester and Arthur meet. All the external beauty coincide with the internal being.
Is truth absolute or
“While this passed, Hester had been standing on her pedestal, still with a fixed gaze on the stranger; so fixed a gaze, that, moments of intense absorption, all other objects in the world seemed to vanish, leaving only him and her.” One may assume Hester’s love for this stranger is of significance because her mind obliterated her condition on the pedestal, and the center of her attention is on this “stranger.” Love may be an abstract emotion, however Hester mentally forgetting all the pain she is inflicted with for this mysterious stranger is the true meaning of love.
“Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance that it overflows upon the outward world.” This beautiful quote suggest that love is the unconditional feeling one should feel regardless of age. It also implies that love will always have you in a jubilant mood, and will take over your heart, and emotions.
“She …show more content…
There was no peril of discovery.” Hawthorne utilizes the night to enable activities which would not be tolerated throughout the day. Dimsdale walks to the pedestal during the night, and confesses his sin to nothing but the stars, to relieve himself of the guilt. However, confessing in broad daylight when the people could hear him would have not been permissible.
“It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow.” Hawthorne utilizes numerous metaphores, and symbolism to portray the connection between the nature outside to an individual’s internal nature. The two complement each other as the novel progresses; some examples would include, The flower and the prison-house, the gardens of the minister 's house, and the jungle and the river where Hester and Arthur meet. All the external beauty coincide with the internal being.
Is truth absolute or