Abstract
FORBIDDEN CHILD IN THE NOVELS THE SCARLET LETTER AND CENGİZ HAN’A KÜSEN BULUT
In this article, the topic “forbidden child” in the novels The Scarlet Letter and Cengiz Han’a Kusen Bulut both of which belong to two different cultures will be handled. Forbidden child, who are considered as “proof of sin/crime”, constitude the starting point for the events in each of the two novels. Forbidden child born as a results of forbidden love where the rules of religion and society are violated are the fruits of sin/crime in The Scarlet Letter. Love is not forbidden in Cengiz Han’a Kusen Bulut. However, the child born in this novel have become forbidden as the laws imposed by the political authorities are violated.
People’s behaviors show similarity towards love, which is a universal feeling. The subject matter in both of the two novels is violation of bans. Punishment is inevitable when bans are violated. As the proof of the crime is the child, mother/woman is the first one to put the blame on. Since such a crime cannot be committed alone, partners of the sin/crime are wondered. Women together with their children are exhibited to give a lesson to the society as well as to make the partners of such sin/crime reveal themselves.
Keywords
Hawthorne, Aytmatov, forbidden child, exhibition