scarlet letter nathaniel hawthorne

This is Earnest Sandeen's interpretation of the Scarlet Letter not as a story about sins and sinners, but about the power of love. Sandeen describes the love shared between Hester and Arthur through the hard ship both individuals would gladly sacrifice for one another.And the fact tha you can see the power of love as they come together to fight for their relatioship. Sandeen describes the suffering of humiliation of wearing the Scarlet Letter …

…nothing to stop the truth from coming out. As Arthur finally admitted to be the one who disgraced Hester. The poor husband of Hester had no more power over the young couple. And he withered away and died. While our young couple had a tragic ending, where Arthur dies as the truth comes out. And as the old saying goes," And truth shall set you free." So was Arthur's spirit. It was fre at last.