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manner in which both people and society are viewed. The very basis of the story is perhaps the biggest symbol, where Hester Prynn...

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...

to catch up with and crush idealistic young people afraid of occurrences over which they seem to have no control" (Hynes 265). "L...

much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

freely expressing their sinful temptations to the minister. The cause of Reverend Hoopers alienation, it would appear, was not an...

her husband who did not reside with her. As such she could not deny that she had an affair with someone. However, she would never ...

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...

In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...

Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...

wronged by the people sets out to uncover just how dishonest they truly are, how they do not possess righteousness and that they a...

the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...

Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...

an intriguing plot concerning a ministers request to never remove the curious black veil he wears. When he dies, should the congre...

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

in humanity until he hears the voice of his wife. When he stumbles out of the woods the next morning, he is a changed man. He ha...

In 1995, it was a given that anyone purchasing goods from an online retailer would need to supply a credit card in order to comple...

The concept of altruism has always been thought of as being at the center of Judeo-Christian religion but is it really? We all kno...

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...

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

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

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

This paper examines the gender inequality that has always characterized Mexican culture in a consideration of Chicana feminism con...

The information, however, should prove sufficient for further investigation on the part of the student. Tales and Sketches: Scie...

for the tumultuous relationship between the inhabitants of Uncle Sams residence, later described by President Abraham Lincoln as a...

no avail. Her father explained that the antidote would actually kill her, but she did not want to live being poisonous anyway. The...

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

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