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In five pages this paper analyzes 'The Birth Mark' and compares it to other Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories including 'Young Goo...

In a paper consisting of four pages these writings are compared in terms of symbolism and the meanings of these powerful symbols i...

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

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...

also the Salem of his ancestors" (Hawthorne.htm). When we understand something of the history of Salem, as well as the history of ...

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

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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

a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...

In five pages this paper examines how multiculturalism is represented in such American literary works as The Souls of Black Folk b...

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

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

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

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

and venture onto "a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow pat...

55). As a result, an entirely new way of thinking had to develop regarding how such workers would be managed and directed. Recog...

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

repressed. Sexuality, gender, cultural practice, ideology, and narrativity, among other things are represented within art as appe...

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...

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

(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...