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from Melville to modern Freudians, Hawthornes fearful secret has been the subject of speculation. But whatever it was and whatever...
In five pages this essay discusses the spiritual meaning of the allegories featured in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorn...
In five pages this essay examines how Puritanism and witchcraft contribute to the setting of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthor...
In fifteen pages this paper considers how women were treated in this famous novel as well as their portrayal in the short stories ...
In eight pages Margaret Fuller's writings are among the topics considered in this analysis of how 19th century feminism was influe...
In four pages this creative writing sample features a letter in which Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale explains to Hester why he cannot ...
opening to Jacksons Lottery, as Jackson carefully underscores the normality of the day and how what is to take place is viewed as ...
in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...
significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...
have fallen upon hard times. She does this with her first view of Dunnet Landing, as she describes it as a "coast town . . . more ...
For example, the film focuses away from the traditional violence of the western film and the identification of the main characters...
This 7 page essay explores female meladrama genre. 6 sources are listed....
In five pages this paper compares these stories' similarities in terms of how melancholia or depression is featured in each. Five...
This paper addresses Hawthorne's use of symbolism in 'The Scarlet Letter.' The author contends that Hawthorne uses mirrors to sym...
does begin to notice the details of her life that she used to overlook, such as returning home, windblown and sunburned, and disco...
Such a setting, she points out, simply added to the fear and accusations of witchcraft against innocent people (Jacobs). I...
true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...
doesnt blame nor does she come to resent either her husband or the reverend, but instead she reveals an extraordinary amount of co...
gothic tone, which is a feature of romanticism. Goodman Brown soon arrives at his destination as he meet a man who has been wait...
hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
and... evokes that stage of Puritanism when a diminished conviction was beginning to be replaced by a somewhat hypocritical moral ...
die Puritans. Hesters first act in The Scarlet Letter seems to be an act of free will," that being her decision to commit adultery...
Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...
came replete with very definite opinions on the war and the factors behind it which interlaced the everyday lives of both the comm...
In four pages this paper examines how Hester Prynne's and Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale's daughter Pearl reflects the religious notion of...
legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...
This essay offers interpretation of Hawthorne's short story " Young Goodman Brown." Three pages in length, two sources are cited. ...
In five pages this paper reveals the novel's greatest sinner as Hester Prynne, the wearer of 'the scarlet letter.' Three sources ...
In seven pages this paper considers how Hawthorne's unconventional lovers challenge conventional gender perspectives. Three sourc...