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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...

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...

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...

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...

'Loverboys' by Ana Castillo

our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...

'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...

Chitra Divakaruni's 'Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter'

When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...

Transcendentalism in The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

believe that everyone (even women) should learn to read and write because the reading of the scriptures was thought to be one of t...

'Trial by Combat' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...

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...

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 ...

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....

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...

Historical Literary Periods and Transporting Readers to Another Time

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

Grotesque in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner

In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...

Three Authors on Nonconformity

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

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...

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...

Transcendentalist Ideas of Henry David Thoreau

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

4 Questions on Literature

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

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...

Sin, Redemption, and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

sewn, per the magistrates instructions, is "fantastically embroidered" (54). While on the scaffolding, Hester sees her husband sta...

Societal Restrictions as Reflected in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Scarlet Letter

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

Fourteenth U.S. President Franklin Pierce

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

Literature and Analysis of Character, Theme, Symbols, and Setting

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

Literature and Women's Social Status

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

Transcendentalism and the Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne

In eleven pages this paper examines the impact of transcendentalism on the life and writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne with 'Young Go...