The Impact of Human Alienation on the Soul in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne as a Case Study

L'impact de l'aliénation humaine sur l'âme dans The Scarlet Letter de Hawthorne : Hester Prynne comme étude de cas

Authors

  • Assia Kadeche Kasdi Merbah University- Ouargla | Algeria
  • Halima Benzoukh Kasdi Merbah University- Ouargla |Algeria

Keywords:

alienation, psychoanalysis, punishment, crime, sin

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 analyzed according to the psychoanalysis theory. Through symbolic
descriptions and allegorical expressions, The Scarlet Letter describes the inner side through the outer side

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Published

2024-02-19

How to Cite

Kadeche, A., & Benzoukh, H. (2024). The Impact of Human Alienation on the Soul in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne as a Case Study: L’impact de l’aliénation humaine sur l’âme dans The Scarlet Letter de Hawthorne : Hester Prynne comme étude de cas. The Algerian Journal of Letters, 7(3), 311–320. Retrieved from https://journals.univ-temouchent.edu.dz/index.php/RAL/article/view/330

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2023): Volume7 Numéro3

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