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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...
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...
done if they are to change their existence. She wonders if its possible for women to ever be truly happy. She wonders if existence...
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...
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 six pages the oppression that existed in Puritan society is the focus of this analysis of The Scarlet Letter. There are six so...
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...
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...
punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...
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...
front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...
my learning and my moving through the world. You may remember that I was the fifth daughter of nine children. My mother loved me...
The writer looks at the argument proposed by Gilligan, that shame is the dominant cause of violence in the US. The writer argues ...
This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...
This paper addresses Hawthorne's use of symbolism in 'The Scarlet Letter.' The author contends that Hawthorne uses mirrors to sym...
In twelve pages this paper discusses the social restrictions imposed upon freedom as revealed within Douglass's Narrative of the L...
In five pages this paper argues that a love story is what The Scarlet Letter is first and foremost. There are no other sources ci...
In 3 pages the limitations of freedom are examined within the context of Hester Prynne's social bondage in Hawthorne's novel The S...
This paper analyzes several of Hawthorne's books, including The Scarlet Letter, Mosses From an Old Manse, The House of the Seven G...
In five pages this paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's protagonists are either hunted or haunted in the novel The Scarlet Let...
This 5 page paper reviews The Scarlet Letter, the classic first published in 1850. Even then, however, adultery was a universal t...
In five pages this paper reveals the novel's greatest sinner as Hester Prynne, the wearer of 'the scarlet letter.' Three sources ...
In an essay consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the narrative framework develops the love and hate that are a part of male and...
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...
novel reap the ultimate reward of independence, acceptance and long comfortable lives. From the start of the novel, Hesters emerg...
powerful issue. While Puritan thought had gotten the country this far, "Religion...was also ready for romanticism and its kind of ...