Essays 31 - 60
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...
the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller and Alcott, which helped him to compose his next set of short stories entitled Mosses from a...
In 5 pages this paper examines how forbidden love is represented in these novels. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography....
This paper contrasts and compares various female characters throughout the history of literature which includes Lysistrata, Jane E...
In 3 pages the limitations of freedom are examined within the context of Hester Prynne's social bondage in Hawthorne's novel The S...
In five pages this paper discusses the restrictions 19th century society placed upon individuals within the context of these liter...
A 5 page consideration of the societal restrictions in play in these books. This paper questions whether those restrictions impac...
This paper addresses religious rationalism versus romantic passion in Nathanial Hawthorne's nineteenth century novel. This five p...
This 5 page paper reviews The Scarlet Letter, the classic first published in 1850. Even then, however, adultery was a universal t...
In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Rev. Dimmesdale in a focus of the adultery theme in Hawthorne's novel. ...
In five pages this paper reveals the novel's greatest sinner as Hester Prynne, the wearer of 'the scarlet letter.' Three sources ...
of the letter "A" We are using the word "symbol" to indicate one thing that stands for another. Xs and Os for example at the end...
In five pages this paper examines how romance is used by the author in this famous novel within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne...
In seven pages this paper considers how Hawthorne's unconventional lovers challenge conventional gender perspectives. Three sourc...
In a paper consisting of four pages these writings are compared in terms of symbolism and the meanings of these powerful symbols i...
In seven pages this paper presents a chapter by chapter synopsis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter....
neglected to train her in this mode of behaviour; it is evident that she has been treated primarily as a servant rather than as a ...
Romantic art. Rather, it is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which peop...
to it that such a crime was punishable by death. After all, behavior so unbecoming of a religious devotee deserved no less....
manner in which both people and society are viewed. The very basis of the story is perhaps the biggest symbol, where Hester Prynn...
At the same time, however, the critic takes on the role of the patient in their transference of his or her feelings in regard to a...
a result Europe was not loner unified to the degree that had existed for almost one-thousand years. While Martin Luther would ina...
novel reap the ultimate reward of independence, acceptance and long comfortable lives. From the start of the novel, Hesters emerg...
of the Puritan ideal that humans born into the world had a tendency to sin and he went on further to theorize that the human subco...
die Puritans. Hesters first act in The Scarlet Letter seems to be an act of free will," that being her decision to commit adultery...
her husband who did not reside with her. As such she could not deny that she had an affair with someone. However, she would never ...
the remainder of her days with the red letter A embroidered upon her chest as a lasting reminder of her sin. Because Puritan wome...
would have no doubt preferred. She stays and makes a life for herself and Pearl as a seamstress and though her scarlet letter def...
was put into prison and made to wear a scarlet leader to indicate that she was an adulteress. However, she never revealed who the ...
much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...