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In five pages this paper examines how original sin is represented by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the characterization of Pearl in The S...
In four pages this creative writing sample features a letter in which Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale explains to Hester why he cannot ...
that only through the righteous acts of our lives could redemption be obtained. This belief also encompassed the fact that appear...
of the letter "A" We are using the word "symbol" to indicate one thing that stands for another. Xs and Os for example at the end...
In seven pages this paper presents a chapter by chapter synopsis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter....
to it that such a crime was punishable by death. After all, behavior so unbecoming of a religious devotee deserved no less....
Then Hester returns to Boston. Because she is strong, and because she loves Pearl and Dimmesdale, it seems unlikely that she is d...
novel reap the ultimate reward of independence, acceptance and long comfortable lives. From the start of the novel, Hesters emerg...
to delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...
punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...
In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...
they frown and give me one last chance to redeem myself. If I dont know who, do I at least know how many? By that time I cant deci...
my learning and my moving through the world. You may remember that I was the fifth daughter of nine children. My mother loved me...
but while she wears a scarlet A, she changes the nature of this symbol with her needlework. She makes this A from- ...fine red clo...
hath an infant immortality, a being capable of eternal joy or sorrow, confided to her care-to be trained up by her to righteousnes...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of the story The Scarlet Letter. This paper includes how the theme and parts of the novel refl...
This paper discusses Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," but then focuses on Mukherjee's "Jasmine," as a novel that portrays immigrant e...
were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...
the story the reader discovers that he has branded himself permanently with an "A" to pay for his sins. But, he is not a man who w...
Crane was followed by a mysterious headless horseman, he does not return to marry Katrina. She in turn marries someone else. The s...
a communitys judgment on one of its members. This paper discusses some of the issues raised by the novel. Discussion First, its n...
Introduction The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story filled with many images and many forms of symbolism. It is a ri...
find her own identity. In this we can see her as sad, lonely, loving, determined, or ignorant. All of these minute characteristics...
"other woman" because she wears the "A but the reality is that in this day and age, Hester would be any woman. That she has an aff...
the entire monologue with a sense of poetics, inviting one to study the words more deeply in search of a hidden meaning. This idea...
p. 42). As Hawthorne writes, "the scene was not without a mixture of awe... [as well as] guilt and shame", purely because of the d...
tearing away the band that identifies him as a minister, as it was his social office as minister that he was able to use to keep h...
he was forced to abandon his studies in physics and engineering in order to carry out the duty of returning to his home in Starkfi...
of his academic learning in demonology and witchcraft. However, he begins to question this duty when Danforth begins to indiscrimi...
of enduring the terrifying experience of being set apart from it. Ironically, Hesters partner is sin is also present at the scaffo...