Essays 31 - 60
all the copies he could and destroyed them. Following his first novel was his first volume of Twice-Told Tales. He then married ...
"transcendentalist." This was an idealistic philosophy influenced by the German writers Immanuel Kant and F. W. Schelling. It pr...
In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...
The Romantic literary tradition is exemplified by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This paper examines ...
In six pages this research paper examines the tension that exists between independence and dependence as reflected in Nathaniel Ha...
In five pages this research paper examines female stereotypes in a consideration of protagonist Hester Prynne featured in Nathanie...
upon as an acceptable activity. While they are not exactly condoned within todays society, there has been a remarkable change in ...
In six pages this research paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's life is mirrored in 'Young Goodman Brown.' Six sources are ci...
In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...
This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside o...
was put into prison and made to wear a scarlet leader to indicate that she was an adulteress. However, she never revealed who the ...
natural structure that has long been needed in order for the human race to survive. Without a society of some kind mankind would n...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
does not stray far from each authors original intent, he does infuse the stories with his own sense of whimsy and message. In Ant...
the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...
"other woman" because she wears the "A but the reality is that in this day and age, Hester would be any woman. That she has an aff...
to be happening is that he feels he is risking his soul. If this is the case then a hero would emerge victorious in some way, havi...
as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
of a mother or a sister; and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the graver brow ...
hath an infant immortality, a being capable of eternal joy or sorrow, confided to her care-to be trained up by her to righteousnes...
In five pages the fine line betwen love and hate is examined in a discussion of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stor, 'Young Goodman B...
point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...
This essay considers the nature of suffering in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and focuses on the private and public suf...
This essay discusses short stories Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," contrasting...
we use our life experiences to decide what wee believe otherwise to be. In Young Goodman Brown we are faced with a...
an intriguing plot concerning a ministers request to never remove the curious black veil he wears. When he dies, should the congre...
find her own identity. In this we can see her as sad, lonely, loving, determined, or ignorant. All of these minute characteristics...
In eight pages this paper discusses the life and writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne in an analysis of his various literary techniques...