"The edge of the wilderness was close by. The American continent stretched endlessly west, and it was full of mystery for them. It stood, dark, and threatening, over their shoulders night and day, for out of it Indian tribes marauded from time to time..."
This quote about the story is similar to the Scarlet Letter in which they use the wilderness/forest to represent religiously bad things. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester was offered to meet the devil in the forest. This is understandable because both stories are set in a colonial, strictly Puritan society.
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