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In three pages this essay analyzes the novel in terms of its representation of such themes as isolation, rebellion, and sin. Ther...
In seven pages The Scarlet Letter is analyzed in terms of the author's uses of social, mental, and physical isolation. Four other...
In five pages this paper examines how original sin is represented by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the characterization of Pearl in The S...
the remainder of her days with the red letter A embroidered upon her chest as a lasting reminder of her sin. Because Puritan wome...
doesnt blame nor does she come to resent either her husband or the reverend, but instead she reveals an extraordinary amount of co...
sewn, per the magistrates instructions, is "fantastically embroidered" (54). While on the scaffolding, Hester sees her husband sta...
In 8 pages this paper discusses how guilt and sin are represented in these novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are 5 sources cit...
In four pages this creative writing sample features a letter in which Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale explains to Hester why he cannot ...
In seven pages this paper presents a chapter by chapter synopsis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel 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....
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...
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...
sin and transgression. For example, this discussion could bring out the ways in which both Hester and her daughter Pearl are socia...
he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...
In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...
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...
isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...
with a mind of their own -- and the will to abandon social stigmas without a backward glance -- indicated a loose fiber in the pat...
was put into prison and made to wear a scarlet leader to indicate that she was an adulteress. However, she never revealed who the ...
"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 delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...
In five pages this paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's protagonists are either hunted or haunted in the novel The Scarlet Let...
"transcendentalist." This was an idealistic philosophy influenced by the German writers Immanuel Kant and F. W. Schelling. It pr...
In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...
In five pages this research paper examines female stereotypes in a consideration of protagonist Hester Prynne featured in Nathanie...
hath an infant immortality, a being capable of eternal joy or sorrow, confided to her care-to be trained up by her to righteousnes...
This essay considers the nature of suffering in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and focuses on the private and public suf...
that only through the righteous acts of our lives could redemption be obtained. This belief also encompassed the fact that appear...
punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...
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...