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

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

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

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

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

This paper analyzes two short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown, and The Minister's Black Veil. This five page ...

In 5 pages this paper examines how the horror short story genre was developed in 'Rappaccini's Daughter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne an...

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 ...

and venture onto "a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow pat...

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

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

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

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

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

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

his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...

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

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

find her own identity. In this we can see her as sad, lonely, loving, determined, or ignorant. All of these minute characteristics...

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

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...

he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

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

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

could "be a devilish Indian behind every tree" or that the devil may even be in the woods (Hawthorne). As one can see, the nature ...