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could "be a devilish Indian behind every tree" or that the devil may even be in the woods (Hawthorne). As one can see, the nature ...
Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...
sin and transgression. For example, this discussion could bring out the ways in which both Hester and her daughter Pearl are socia...
"historical facsimile" of the House of Representatives for the State of South Carolina in 1870 (Dirks). In this scene, the audienc...
focuses on the emotional and psychological importance of treating birth as a "family event rather than a medical emergency" (Becke...
to delve deeper into their own spirituality. Thus, each of the four major characters are guilty of acquired knowledge which stems ...
find her own identity. In this we can see her as sad, lonely, loving, determined, or ignorant. All of these minute characteristics...
believe that everyone (even women) should learn to read and write because the reading of the scriptures was thought to be one of t...
does not stray far from each authors original intent, he does infuse the stories with his own sense of whimsy and message. In Ant...
he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...
- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...
"black heart," but each kept some number of people at bay, not letting those individuals enter the inner recesses of either their ...
natural structure that has long been needed in order for the human race to survive. Without a society of some kind mankind would n...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside o...
to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...
In six pages this paper examines America's declining morality and also considers social corruption and the breakdown of the family...
In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...
"transcendentalist." This was an idealistic philosophy influenced by the German writers Immanuel Kant and F. W. Schelling. It pr...
In five pages this essay presents the argument that Nathaniel Hawthorne uses this short story to reflect his New England Puritanis...
In 8 pages this paper discusses how guilt and sin are represented in these novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are 5 sources cit...
In eight pages this paper examines the importance of home in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel...
In six pages this paper analyzes the Arthur Dimmesdale character in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and what it symboliz...
sewn, per the magistrates instructions, is "fantastically embroidered" (54). While on the scaffolding, Hester sees her husband sta...
In five pages four questions pertaining to Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe are consi...
of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...
In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...
indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...
close to his sister, one has to contemplate the possibility of incest which adds to the seductiveness that many authors attribute ...