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Evil is examined as it is thematically represented in two famous Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories in a paper consisting of 6 page...

at this simple, and brief examination, and bring into play the moral resources discussed by Jonathan Glover in "All About Evil." I...

freely expressing their sinful temptations to the minister. The cause of Reverend Hoopers alienation, it would appear, was not an...

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 ...

to catch up with and crush idealistic young people afraid of occurrences over which they seem to have no control" (Hynes 265). "L...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

manner in which both people and society are viewed. The very basis of the story is perhaps the biggest symbol, where Hester Prynn...

In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...

were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...

much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...

wronged by the people sets out to uncover just how dishonest they truly are, how they do not possess righteousness and that they a...

in humanity until he hears the voice of his wife. When he stumbles out of the woods the next morning, he is a changed man. He ha...

his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller and Alcott, which helped him to compose his next set of short stories entitled Mosses from a...

a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...

In five pages this paper presents a biographical profile of the author and also provides a brief analysis of his popular literary ...

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

attending Bowdoin College. While some of his work was published, this did not provide him with enough income to live on and he ear...

for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...

could "be a devilish Indian behind every tree" or that the devil may even be in the woods (Hawthorne). As one can see, the nature ...

Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...

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

(Coale 43). In the story, the newlywed Brown leaves Faith, his bride of three months, to take a walk into a forest that no decent...

the remainder of her days with the red letter A embroidered upon her chest as a lasting reminder of her sin. Because Puritan wome...

repressed. Sexuality, gender, cultural practice, ideology, and narrativity, among other things are represented within art as appe...

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

and venture onto "a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow pat...