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Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" And O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" - Evil

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...

Zhang, Lahiri/Memoir and Short Story

was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...

Poe's Cask of Amontillado

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and its Historical Context

for the tumultuous relationship between the inhabitants of Uncle Sams residence, later described by President Abraham Lincoln as a...

Life as Seen Through the Classics

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

Reflections on Several Famous Literary Works

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

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Freedom

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...

American Literature's Romantic Movement

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

Italo Calvino/"The Adventure of a Reader"

rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...

A Short Story

may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...

Fiction Writing and Philosophy of the Romantic Era

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

Literary Social Criticism

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

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

Sin in the Characters of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

Comparing the 1995 Film and Novel Versions of 'The Scarlet Letter'

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

Artistic Endeavors and American Romanticism

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

Raymond Carver and Relationships

that what they hoped for at collage. However, the betrayal by Duane despite the beauty of Holly. Carver starts to indicted the way...

Margaret Fuller and Character of Zenobia in The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

from New England Transcendentalism with the more radical social reforms of the time" (Massachusetts, brook_farm.html). At Brook Fa...

Style and Technique in the Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne

In eight pages this paper discusses the life and writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne in an analysis of his various literary techniques...

Allegories in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this essay discusses the spiritual meaning of the allegories featured in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorn...

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...

Romantic Ideal in 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper considers how 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne epitomizes the principles of Romanticism. Three sou...

Gothic Characteristics of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne in terms of the author's literary device usage and its Gothic c...

Realist Criticism of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In seven pages this novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered in terms of the 19th century Realist literary criticism it generate...

Reverend Dimmesdale's Letter to Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In four pages this creative writing sample features a letter in which Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale explains to Hester why he cannot ...

Feminism Influence of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In eight pages Margaret Fuller's writings are among the topics considered in this analysis of how 19th century feminism was influe...

Rebellion of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages this paper argues that the fictional female character Hester Prynne was 'more of a man' than were either her creator...

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...

Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper analyzes the Arthur Dimmesdale character in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and what it symboliz...

Elements of Short Stories

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...