e main character Hester Prin finds a safe place to confront her emotions in the forest. Instead of using light to represent good, Hawthorne has instead used the darkness of the forest as a canopy of safe shelter for Hester. It has provided the curtain of secrecy that is crucial in maintaining the relationship that sentenced her to shame, driven her to exile and at the same time returned to her a greater meaning of life. In the same book, Hawthorne also uses the light of day as an evil villain. He has made sunlight into a dangerous presence, which creates a tortured existence for Hester and Pearl. For example, the
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