chapter 18
"It was the exhilarating effect, upon a prisoner just escaped from the dungeon of his own heart, of breathing the wild, free atmosphere of an unredeemed, unchristianised, lawless region."
we can see again the link to the jail: it is not only the jail of the society, but also of his heart. The admittance of his sin is not something seen as bad, he doesn't have a punishment right away (cause he was already dying, i don't think this is the punishment, instead he has the chance to save himself), but instead the truth will make him be free. The wild is again the recall to nature, as well as free. "lawless" makes us think that D. likes this new condition cause his greatest fear is actually law... and "unchristianised" is not seen bad either, while in that period it was the most important thing. Here it seems to me that Hawt. is talking about the ipocrisy of the puritan (christian) society.
Confinement: Jail, Secrets, Heart, Sin. Freedom: "A" as passport, Pearl, forest.
ReplyDeleteGood thoughts here. Theme: Confinement vs. Freedom