According to their point of view, there was no reasoning or excuse for sinning, and as a result, they designed very harsh rules and means of punishment, including imprisonment , public humiliation and also in some cases, exclusion from society and in most severe cases, excommunication. What distinguishes Hawthorne’s literature amongst the literature of his time, is that his literature marks a shift between two literary eras, the shift between Rationalism and Romantism, which is considered as one of the richest period of authors who have contributed to the evolution of American literature with genuine and attractive writings. Romanticism marks a literary and intellectual movement, with its origin in late 18th century Europe, a movement that placed its focus on the feeling and emotions of humans rather than thought. Romanticism was led by five principles: intuition over reason; the expression of experience; individuality; nature; and the ideal. …show more content…
As psychology in itself is a science that studies the person in itself by involving feelings,thoughts and behaviours, we truly understand why the characters take different roles. By only understanding these concepts we have an insight of what we need and what should be right and wrong. Anyway if in a society black is black and white is white,in reality it exists an intermediate colour: grey. According to Bode , Hawthorne describes the psychology of his characters as