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and... evokes that stage of Puritanism when a diminished conviction was beginning to be replaced by a somewhat hypocritical moral ...

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...

scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...

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...

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...

This essay offers interpretation of Hawthorne's short story " Young Goodman Brown." Three pages in length, two sources are cited. ...

novel reap the ultimate reward of independence, acceptance and long comfortable lives. From the start of the novel, Hesters emerg...

die Puritans. Hesters first act in The Scarlet Letter seems to be an act of free will," that being her decision to commit adultery...

and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...

Each character in the story has their own agenda. Medbourne was once successful but had lost his money and Killigrew had given in ...

conflict of his characters. It is recommended that the person who is writing about this topic consider that much of Nathaniel Haw...

At the same time, however, the critic takes on the role of the patient in their transference of his or her feelings in regard to a...

In twelve pages this paper discusses the social restrictions imposed upon freedom as revealed within Douglass's Narrative of the L...

In four pages the ways in which Hester Prynne and Huckleberry Finn symbolically represented social conflict are examined in this c...

In 6 pages the theme of scientific experimentation as it is represented in both of these short stories are analyzed. There are 6 ...

the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller and Alcott, which helped him to compose his next set of short stories entitled Mosses from a...

In 3 pages the limitations of freedom are examined within the context of Hester Prynne's social bondage in Hawthorne's novel The S...

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 The Scarlet Letter is analyzed in terms of the author's uses of social, mental, and physical isolation. Four other...

In six pages the oppression that existed in Puritan society is the focus of this analysis of The Scarlet Letter. There are six so...

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of Hawthorne's use of Romanticism. There are no other sources listed....

In five pages this report examines Hawthorne's style of using comparison and dichotomy as it relates to characterizations and scen...

In three pages this essay analyzes the novel in terms of its representation of such themes as isolation, rebellion, and sin. Ther...

In four pages this paper examines the importance of symbolism in this novel with the emphasis being upon the 'scarlet letter A' re...

In nine pages this paper examines the writing style featured in this novel in a consideration of characterization structure and de...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the enslavement theme within these short stories from the perspectives of the revo...