Hester's main conflict with nature, as I can see it, is
that her own persona was strong-willed, passionate, and judging from her many talents,
was very powerful and free. Yet, these same attributes that define her are what
ultimately doom her: When she had the affair with Dimmesdale it is not clear whether she
was grieving as a widow, or not. We do not know if how she reacted when she found out
she was pregnant. All we see is a very stoic woman who stops at nothing and whose fiery
temper was clearly obvious when she had to defend her right to keep
Pearl.
Yet, women in her time were to be seen and not
heard. How could have Hester fit it? Her nature was simply not built to be a woman of
her time.
Another conflict with nature is the birth of
Pearl. If nature had not intervened, would've Hester continued her affair with
Dimmesdale? He was a clergyman and she did not care about that, so, was it all because
of a flop of nature exposed her?
In all, Hester and nature
do not mix. Nature exposed her, and punishes her daily.
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