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Guilt and Sin in The Scarlet Letter and House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In 8 pages this paper discusses how guilt and sin are represented in these novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are 5 sources cit...

Original Sin in the Characterization of Pearl in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines how original sin is represented by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the characterization of Pearl in The S...

Chapter Synopsis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In seven pages this paper presents a chapter by chapter synopsis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter....

Differences Between the Novel and Film Versions of The Scarlet Letter

to it that such a crime was punishable by death. After all, behavior so unbecoming of a religious devotee deserved no less....

Scarlet Letter A in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Novel

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...

Scarlet Letter/Sin of A Guilty Heart

its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...

Life and Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

This paper considers the life and most famous literary works of New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne, which include Twice Told T...

A Critique of Various Works By Nathaniel Hawthorne

This paper analyzes several of Hawthorne's books, including The Scarlet Letter, Mosses From an Old Manse, The House of the Seven G...

Romanticism in the Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

Morality in The Scarlet Letter

sin and transgression. For example, this discussion could bring out the ways in which both Hester and her daughter Pearl are socia...

Comparing the Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne

he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...

Critical Essays on Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables and The Marble Faun are the source of much critical analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's work. This pap...

Literature and Society's Veils or Illusions

natural structure that has long been needed in order for the human race to survive. Without a society of some kind mankind would n...

Independence and Dependence

In six pages this research paper examines the tension that exists between independence and dependence as reflected in Nathaniel Ha...

Escaping into Nature Through Literature

In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...

Consideration of the Quote 'No Man is an Island'

In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

Literature and Fate

In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...

Letter A Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

that only through the righteous acts of our lives could redemption be obtained. This belief also encompassed the fact that appear...

Women of the 19th Century and the Issues That Confronted Them

with a mind of their own -- and the will to abandon social stigmas without a backward glance -- indicated a loose fiber in the pat...

Adultery in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"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...

Impact of Adultery in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

to delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Rappaccini's Daughter'

isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...

Eight Works of Literary Fiction and the Influence of Social Position

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

Comparative Analysis of Novel and Film Versions of The Scarlet Letter

was put into prison and made to wear a scarlet leader to indicate that she was an adulteress. However, she never revealed who the ...

Literary Social Criticism

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

Corruption of Power: Hawthorne and Miller

hath an infant immortality, a being capable of eternal joy or sorrow, confided to her care-to be trained up by her to righteousnes...

The Scarlet Letter, Portrayals of Suffering

This essay considers the nature of suffering in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and focuses on the private and public suf...

Hunted or Haunted Protagonists in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's protagonists are either hunted or haunted in the novel The Scarlet Let...

Sophia Peabody and Nathaniel Hawthorne's Marriage

"transcendentalist." This was an idealistic philosophy influenced by the German writers Immanuel Kant and F. W. Schelling. It pr...

Feminist Analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this research paper examines female stereotypes in a consideration of protagonist Hester Prynne featured in Nathanie...