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…showed last 75 words of 1060 total…bounds of their laws to be open to the light and the truth. The Puritan society, plunged deep into darkness seems in sheer contrast with the bright, sunlight-filled, earnest truth of the forest. Hester, having been able to experience life in both places, finds truth in the forest. In comparison, the Puritans, never allowing themselves to see beyond their rules, will never experience the revelation of truth and light one experiences, free in the forest.