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

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

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

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

symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...

Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...

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 ...

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

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

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

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...

(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...

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

"In the nineteenth century, Poe influenced Ambrose Bierce and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. Twentieth-century writers who ...

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

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

a disease but madness surely is. And, his insistence that this "disease" has actually increased his skills and his awareness is fu...

that both of these individuals were perhaps depressed, at least a few times in their lives, and thus their work examined the darke...

that country is assuredly America" (de Tocqueville). de Tocqueville discusses universal suffrage, which he says "had been adopted...

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

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

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

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...

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

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

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

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

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