Revue algérienne des lettres
Volume 7, Numéro 3, Pages 311-320
2024-02-19
The Impact Of Human Alienation On The Soul In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne As A Case Study
Authors : Kadeche Assia . Benzoukh Halima .
Abstract
The present paper investigates the psychological effects of alienation as sin punishment on the human soul taking as a case study the character of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter which tackles the impact of alienation on Hester Prynne who bravely accepts her punishment and struggles to improve her life. Hester is considered in terms of physical and psychological descriptions through the lens of Nathaniel Hawthorne; then, she is analysed according to the psychoanalysis theory. Through symbolic descriptions and allegorical expressions, The Scarlet Letter describes the inner side through the outer side.
Keywords
alienation ; psychoanalysis ; punishment ; crime ; sin
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