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- 21: The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities of Life
- ... and will continue to lead false lives, under the public spotlight, concealing their personal travails. In literature, the preceding statement has held true numerous times, in works such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Minister and respected citizen, Arthur Dimmesdale, was perceived as an upstanding member of the community who preached the word of the heavenly Father. But before the public, he was only camouflaging his dark, hidden secret, which was the sole cause of his sufferings. Hawthorne successfully portrayed the personal agonies one would suffer by cowardly holding secrets within oneself. In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne set out to show the consequences of leading a double life. Arthur Dimmesdale, to the people of Boston, was a holy icon. According to the public, "never had a ...
- 22: Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style of Writing
- Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style of Writing Two authors best who typify a Romantic style of writing are Edgar Allen Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both authors identify their characters through the use of creative symbolism, colorful metaphors, and the use of the supernatural in their works. Like many authors of the seventeenth century Poe and Hawthorne stretched Realism beyond the edge of reality thereby developing a style of writing which today is commonly refer to as Romanticism. The use of the short story format in ...
- 23: Hawthorne
- Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered to be one of the most substantial writers of his time. His most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter truly originated Hawthorn s version of romantic writing. It was this novel that also originated Hawthorne s fame. Most of his works deal with or have some relation to Puritan times. The reason for the familiarity in his works is due to the fact that it seems to be influenced by his own Puritan ancestry. It was not until late in Hawthorne s life that he received recognition. To do this Hawthorne had to change his name and found his own stlye of writing that pertained to his life experiances. His ...
- 24: Young Goodman Brown
- ... Now ye are undeceived! Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome, again, my children, to the communion of your race!'" The above quotation from Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown is of central importance in analyzing the attitudes and ideas present throughout the story, though in a curious way. The quotation (and the story itself), on ... the spiritual tragedy contained therein. Rereading, however, reveals a more complex set of ideas, ones which neither fully condemn nor condone the strictly constructed dichotomy of good and evil that Hawthorne employs again and again over the course of goodman Brown's journey. I think Hawthorne had much more in mind than a mere outline of good and evil. His primary struggle in Young Goodman Brown seems to be less with faith vs. the faithless ...
- 25: The Scarlet Letter: Description, Narration, and Symbolism
- The Scarlet Letter: Description, Narration, and Symbolism In the novel, The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, character is created through a variety of techniques. Hawthorne create characterizes Pearl, Hester Prynne’s daughter, through the use of narration and description to show how Pearl acts in the society in which she lives in. Hawthorne also uses Pearl’s name as a symbol of her character. Hawthorne creates Pearl’s and Hester’s character through description, narration and symbolism to show the strictness of ...
- 26: The Puritan Society in N. Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- The Puritan Society in N. Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" In the introductory sketch to Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel the "The Scarlet Letter", the reader is informed that one of the author's ancestors persecuted the Quakers harshly. The latter's son was a high judge in the Salem witch trials, put into literary form in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" (Judge Hathorne appears there). We learn that Hawthorne feels ashamed for their deeds, and that he sees his ancestors and the Puritan society as a whole with critical eyes. Consequently, both open and subtle criticism of the ...
- 27: Analysis of Pearl in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- Analysis of Pearl in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" One of the most significant writers of the romantic period in American literature was Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne wrote stories that opposed the ideas of Transcendentalism. Since he had ancestors of Puritan belief, Hawthorne wrote many stories about Puritan New England. His most famous story is the ...
- 28: Analysis of Pearl in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- Analysis of Pearl in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" One of the most significant writers of the romantic period in American literature was Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne wrote stories that opposed the ideas of Transcendentalism. Since he had ancestors of Puritan belief, Hawthorne wrote many stories about Puritan New England. His most famous story is the ...
- 29: Analysis of the Works of Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Analysis of the Works of Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two of the most influential authors in American Literature. Both men wrote about similar themes, creating great admiration between them. The relationship that had grown between them was a source of critic and interpretation that would ultimately influence each of their works. Melville in particular was moved by Hawthorne's intellectual stimulation and inspired him to write Moby-Dick, a dramatic novel that has proved to be one of the greatest in American Literature. Moby-Dick explores the ...
- 30: The Scarlet Letter: Guilt, Strength and Revenge
- The Scarlet Letter: Guilt, Strength and Revenge Guilt, strength, and revenge are three very important components of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book tells of a woman's struggle to gain respect and mother the child which is the fruit of her sin after she commits adultery with the town's ... main characters lives and what effect those symbols have on the characters. The Scarlet Letter is a book that contains and utilizes symbols within its characters and its setting. Nathaniel Hawthorne, a 19th century author, was a romantic writer whose works are respected today and will be for some time to come. Troubled with guilt and remorse, Arthur Dimmesdale is a ... took some eelgrass and imitated, as best she could, on her own bosom, the decoration with which she was so familiar on her mother's - a letter - the letter "A"... (Hawthorne 174) Later in the story Pearl refuses to acknowledge her mother because of the fact that she is not wearing the scarlet letter. "Seen in the brook, once more, ...
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