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and he used to fetch him down town sometimes and lay for a bet" (Twain). Smiley was a character who would trick others and come ou...

History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...

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

a sense of apprehension. As he looks back to see her watching him as he rounds the corner by the meeting house he vows that thing...

traveled into the wilderness in order to achieve moral clarity. Hawthornes title character journeys into a forest near his home, ...

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

In five pages this paper examines the presentation of the theme of guilt in a consideration of the short stories 'My Kinsman, Majo...

In five pages this paper presents a biographical profile of the author and also provides a brief analysis of his popular literary ...

sin and transgression. For example, this discussion could bring out the ways in which both Hester and her daughter Pearl are socia...

and wrong the past was, as he also introduces what were still subversive ideas concerning race. For example, take the way that Chr...

death (As To Posthumous). There is one chapter, for instance, called "The Death of Jean" which was written just four months prior...

This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...

This is a 5 page essay that compares the characterizations of Goodman and Faith Brown and Elizabeth and John Proctor in these work...

This trio of narratives and their uses of symbolism are analyzed in 5 pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

In 5 pages the employment of symbolism in these 2 stories are discussed in terms of how the respective characters evaluate themsel...

people of Kiltaran, there is not likely end to the war that will affect them deeply one way or the other. Furthermore, it was not ...

As he hauls water through the village he is greeted by many who know him. Some of course treat him like a servant but by and by...

"black heart," but each kept some number of people at bay, not letting those individuals enter the inner recesses of either their ...

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

Goodman presents challenges to relativism, which is the view that morality is relative and that ethical truths are dependent on th...

were full of all the fire and brimstone of a religious fanatic. Whenever evil would cross his path, such as in the form of an omi...

a young woman who feels that beauty and frivolity are the most important things in life. She does not see that life is not as simp...

(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...

In five pages this essay considers whether the events that transpired in this short story were real or were in fact a dream. Ther...

In five pages this paper argues that the fictional female character Hester Prynne was 'more of a man' than were either her creator...

In six pages this research paper examines the tension that exists between independence and dependence as reflected in Nathaniel Ha...

In five pages this research paper examines female stereotypes in a consideration of protagonist Hester Prynne featured in Nathanie...

upon as an acceptable activity. While they are not exactly condoned within todays society, there has been a remarkable change in ...

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

In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...