“Her matronly fame was trodden under all men’s feet. Infamy was babbling around her in the public market-place…. which would not fail to be distributed in strict accordance and proportion with the intimacy and sacredness of their previous relationship.”(111)
This quote basically shows how the society labels Hester and leaves Hester with a bleak future without any second chances or make up opportunities. Furthermore, this quote clearly demonstrates the idea of how Hester and the whole incident have been widely and openly discussed. She is therefore isolated by the society because of her mistake and she moved out of the town in order to segregate herself and Pearl, her daughter, from her hometown.
Yeah I can't choose to agree with this or not because it doesn't really demonstrate the connection between this quote and the idea of Dark Romanticism.
ReplyDeleteThis quote, however, does include some dark-romantic elements. One example is the element of sin. It reemphasizes this element with infamy.