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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 ...

American Romantic Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper discusses the English Romantic movement and how American Romanticism is characterized the works of Nathan...

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...

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...

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...

Two Views of Murder

because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...

Summary and Analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

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...

'Emilie Plead Choose One Egg' by Paule Barton

In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...

Home in Works by Arthur Miller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Pat Conroy

In eight pages this paper examines the importance of home in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel...

Literature, Guilt, and Children's Treatment by Adults

In four pages On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson are ...

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...

Letter A Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Scarlet Letter Symbolism

Introduction The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story filled with many images and many forms of symbolism. It is a ri...

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 ...

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...