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

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...

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

can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...

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...

moderation. We can see this as he puts those people in the first stages of hell, which had been neutral -nothing good-nothing bad...

speech. "These in the flame with ceaseless goals deplore/The ambush of the horse, that opend wide/A portal for the goodly seed to ...

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...

"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 ...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

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

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

p. 42). As Hawthorne writes, "the scene was not without a mixture of awe... [as well as] guilt and shame", purely because of the d...

and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...

In 5 pages this paper examines how forbidden love is represented in these novels. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography....