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"black heart," but each kept some number of people at bay, not letting those individuals enter the inner recesses of either their ...

concealed his frame and face from onlookers by wearing a black cloak, as a symbol of a fearful secret between him and them" (Barna...

Goodman presents challenges to relativism, which is the view that morality is relative and that ethical truths are dependent on th...

were full of all the fire and brimstone of a religious fanatic. Whenever evil would cross his path, such as in the form of an omi...

a young woman who feels that beauty and frivolity are the most important things in life. She does not see that life is not as simp...

traveled into the wilderness in order to achieve moral clarity. Hawthornes title character journeys into a forest near his home, ...

(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...

to delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...

does not stray far from each authors original intent, he does infuse the stories with his own sense of whimsy and message. In Ant...

as just another aspect of his wife who is indeed beautiful. Clearly God created everything about Georgiana and that birthmark is ...

with a mind of their own -- and the will to abandon social stigmas without a backward glance -- indicated a loose fiber in the pat...

natural structure that has long been needed in order for the human race to survive. Without a society of some kind mankind would n...

all the copies he could and destroyed them. Following his first novel was his first volume of Twice-Told Tales. He then married ...

was put into prison and made to wear a scarlet leader to indicate that she was an adulteress. However, she never revealed who the ...

In five pages this paper examines how romance is used by the author in this famous novel within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne...

combination that seemed to be excluded was "gothic romances." According to Alexander (1971), the reasons why Poe should be cons...

In five pages this paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's protagonists are either hunted or haunted in the novel The Scarlet Let...

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...

a result Europe was not loner unified to the degree that had existed for almost one-thousand years. While Martin Luther would ina...

work which stands as the most famous of his novels. Not surprisingly, "Hawthorne came from a Puritan family of declining fortun...

journey, he prefers to run from the prophecy. He thinks he is doing the right thing, much like Ruebens belief that he is doing the...

The Romantic literary tradition is exemplified by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This paper examines ...

In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...

"transcendentalist." This was an idealistic philosophy influenced by the German writers Immanuel Kant and F. W. Schelling. It pr...

In six pages this research paper examines the tension that exists between independence and dependence as reflected in Nathaniel Ha...

In five pages this research paper examines female stereotypes in a consideration of protagonist Hester Prynne featured in Nathanie...

upon as an acceptable activity. While they are not exactly condoned within todays society, there has been a remarkable change in ...

This essay considers the nature of suffering in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and focuses on the private and public suf...

hath an infant immortality, a being capable of eternal joy or sorrow, confided to her care-to be trained up by her to righteousnes...

possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...