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

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 ...

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

This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside o...

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

This essay discusses short stories Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," contrasting...

In four pages the acceptance of change among individuals are compared in the characterizations of Calisher's Greenwitch, Hawthorne...

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...

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

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

we use our life experiences to decide what wee believe otherwise to be. In Young Goodman Brown we are faced with a...

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....

In five pages four questions pertaining to Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe are consi...

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

close to his sister, one has to contemplate the possibility of incest which adds to the seductiveness that many authors attribute ...

In eleven pages Franklin Pierce's life and undistinguished presidential administration are discussed and include his friendship wi...

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

In five pages this essay considers nonconformity and conformity as it is depicted in Girl by Jamaica Kincaid, Black Boy by Richard...

A 5 page consideration of the societal restrictions in play in these books. This paper questions whether those restrictions impac...

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

(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...

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

In four pages On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson are ...

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...

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

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