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reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...

would have no doubt preferred. She stays and makes a life for herself and Pearl as a seamstress and though her scarlet letter def...

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...

symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...

find her own identity. In this we can see her as sad, lonely, loving, determined, or ignorant. All of these minute characteristics...

believe that everyone (even women) should learn to read and write because the reading of the scriptures was thought to be one of t...

he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

"black heart," but each kept some number of people at bay, not letting those individuals enter the inner recesses of either their ...

all (Hinze PG). Dickinson is described as reclusive and shy. Although she was well educated, she is said to have often deferred ...

Godlike erect, with native Honour clad...

said to have been a reaction against classicism. In Germany it was a reaction rather against rationalism, emerging together with a...

opening to Jacksons Lottery, as Jackson carefully underscores the normality of the day and how what is to take place is viewed as ...

scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

This paper addresses Hawthorne's use of symbolism in 'The Scarlet Letter.' The author contends that Hawthorne uses mirrors to sym...

Such a setting, she points out, simply added to the fear and accusations of witchcraft against innocent people (Jacobs). I...

is very orderly and rigid and Harry is quite the opposite. In fact, many other films demonstrate that even people who do not get a...

conflict of his characters. It is recommended that the person who is writing about this topic consider that much of Nathaniel Haw...

Each character in the story has their own agenda. Medbourne was once successful but had lost his money and Killigrew had given in ...

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...

die Puritans. Hesters first act in The Scarlet Letter seems to be an act of free will," that being her decision to commit adultery...

In five pages this paper reveals the novel's greatest sinner as Hester Prynne, the wearer of 'the scarlet letter.' Three sources ...

hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...

true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...

doesnt blame nor does she come to resent either her husband or the reverend, but instead she reveals an extraordinary amount of co...

powerful issue. While Puritan thought had gotten the country this far, "Religion...was also ready for romanticism and its kind of ...

came replete with very definite opinions on the war and the factors behind it which interlaced the everyday lives of both the comm...