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Essays 151 - 180
attending Bowdoin College. While some of his work was published, this did not provide him with enough income to live on and he ear...
Ross describes Isabel is similar to the way in which Martha, the narrative voice in "A Field of Wheat" endows this cash crop on wh...
that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...
barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...
stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
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 ...
Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...
wronged by the people sets out to uncover just how dishonest they truly are, how they do not possess righteousness and that they a...
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...
This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...
to catch up with and crush idealistic young people afraid of occurrences over which they seem to have no control" (Hynes 265). "L...
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 ...
In 5 pages this paper examines how forbidden love is represented in these novels. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography....
In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Rev. Dimmesdale in a focus of the adultery theme in Hawthorne's novel. ...
In a paper consisting of four pages these writings are compared in terms of symbolism and the meanings of these powerful symbols i...
In three pages this paper examines the primary characters in these two stories in terms of society's treatment of them and human p...
In five pages this paper examines the nightmare states evoked by hallucinogenic symbolism in these two works that blur the line be...
In five pages this paper examines interpersonal communication within the contexts of protagonists Bigger Thomas in Native Son and ...
In eight pages this paper examines the evil that manifests itself in the predatory characters of Roger Chillingworth in The Scarle...
In five pages this paper examines how humiliation is used as a theme in Ibsen's play and Hawthorne's novel. Two sources are cited...
males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...
its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...
In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...
period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...
were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...
some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...