Passion and Authority in The Scarlet Letter

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“…Commenting on this, Baym (1970) observes that as she meets Dimmesdale in the forest, "her emotions stifled, she comes to think more and more critically of society" (p.221). The disquieting frustrations compel her to take a certain action.…”

Universal Psychological Mechanisms of Guilt and Redemption: An Analysis of the Scarlet Letter and Raja Gidh

“…While living in an era when human psychology was not given as much attention as was the case in subsequent ages, Hawthorne's unique portrayal of the human mind earned him much fame, making him "a psychologist ahead of his time" (Turner, 1976, p.73). With a tremendous insight into human nature, Hawthorne made his readers delve into the depth of characters' unconscious realm of mind, focusing on the effects of sins (Baym, 1970). Similarly, while talking about the depiction of the inner tumult of the characters, who have been either involved or affected by the sin of adultery in The Scarlet Letter, Nina remarked that it "forms the epicenter of the novel" (p.21).…”

“…Besides this, Hawthorne has given foremost attention to Dimmesdale's conflicts between certain suppressed insolent internal drives and the constraining social forces (Baym, 1970), while Sarracino argued that Hawthorne has vigorously renounced Dimmesdale's prohibited desires and propensities. Since the "forbidden guilt" seemed to be Dimmesdale's moral enemy (Crews, 1965, p.314), so Bercovitch considers the pangs of his conscience, producing guilt instead of shame, as the main cause of his mental dilemma.…”

“…Dimmesdale acknowledged the social consequences of disclosing guilt, but he overlooked the fact of his secret-keeping as the fundamental reason of his corporeal weakening. His failure in creating a new identity resulted in significant strain on his psyche (Baym 1970). Commenting on this scene, Mcnamara observed that Pearl has probed into Dimmesdale's wound of the soul for seven years for "the angelic purpose of redemption" (Mcnamara 1956, p.553).…”

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