38.)"Such was the sympathy of Nature—that wild, heathen Nature of the forest, never subjugated by human law, nor illumined by higher truth—with the bliss of these two spirits! Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create a sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world. Had the forest still kept its gloom, it would have been bright in Hester’s eyes, and bright in Arthur Dimmesdale’s!"
The sun was no longer hiding from Hester now that she was with the man she had been hiding from everyone and her sin was out in the open. Even though they were hiding it from everyone else which ment the sin was still there, they were finally together and there hearts have been brightened up and they are completely filled with love. Light is heaven and and good, and some people think that love makes the heart stronger, it changes people and when these two are opened to great love, bright love.
Key words here: "never subjugated by human law, nor illumined by higher truth"... connect to the theme: Human Law vs. Nature. Also notice that the description of love is like the growth of a flower.
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