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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Post Sin Lack of Mortal Salvation in 'The Minister's Black Veil' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

(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...

A Criticism of Hawthorne's, Young Goodman Brown

This paper examines four literary criticisms of Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, Young Goodman Brown. The author also discusses Hawth...

Intellect and Emotion in Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

This paper addresses religious rationalism versus romantic passion in Nathanial Hawthorne's nineteenth century novel. This five p...

Comparing the Main Characters and Dark Themes of Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown.

concealed his frame and face from onlookers by wearing a black cloak, as a symbol of a fearful secret between him and them" (Barna...

Alienation in "The Scarlet Letter"

symbol, the black veil that the minister wears. The intriguing thing about the story is that unlike, say, the Phantom of the Opera...

Transcendentalists and Nathaniel Hawthorne

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

The Scarlet Letter versus Mao II by Don DeLillo vs. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper compares DeLillo's and Hawthorne's works in terms of social acceptance and isolation. There are 3 source...

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the Characters Roger Chillingworth and Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

religious fervour had already given the earnest of high eminence in his profession. He was a person of very striking aspect, with...

Comparing Characters Lutie Johnson in Ann Petry's The Street and Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let the magistrates, who have made it of no effect, thank themselves if their own wives ...

Perspectives on The Scarlet Letter

scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Themes of Retribution and Sin

true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...

Women's Roles in Works by William Faulkner and Nathaniel Hawthorne

In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...

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...

'Young Goodman Brown' and 'Roger Malvin's Burial' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages a comparative analysis of these Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories focuses on character, theme, development, and how ...

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...

Man's Fall From Grace And Consequences Of Sin

has been diverted from its supernatural end through the fault of the first parents" (The Vatican, 1986). This means that man is bo...

Roger Chillingworth's Imitation of the Devil

Hester, who is horrified by the revelation that he is still alive, and then sets out to find out who her lover is. He is single-mi...

My Kinsman, Major Molineux by Nathaniel Hawthorne

of a mother or a sister; and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the graver brow ...

Symbolism and Allegory in “Young Goodman Brown”

the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...

Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne

as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand...

Dismissing Women to Achieve Male Happiness in the Works of Hawthorne, Poe, and Irving

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...

Impact of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Writings on Children

does not stray far from each authors original intent, he does infuse the stories with his own sense of whimsy and message. In Ant...

Depiction of Women in 2 Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

as just another aspect of his wife who is indeed beautiful. Clearly God created everything about Georgiana and that birthmark is ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and 3 Critiques

of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...

Summary and Analysis of 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Proposal

all the copies he could and destroyed them. Following his first novel was his first volume of Twice-Told Tales. He then married ...

The Extremes of Love and Hate as an 'All or Nothing' Proposition

In five pages the fine line betwen love and hate is examined in a discussion of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stor, 'Young Goodman B...

Witches, Faith and the Devil an Analysis of Young Goodman Brown

point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...

Hawthorne and Poe

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