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An Analysis of the Theme of Guilt in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (748 words, 2 pages)

What is guilt? We all have guilt about something. Maybe forgetting something, lied about something, or even did something that shouldn't of been done. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne we saw guilt fester in the minds and outward appearance of the main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and ... Read More

The Details of the Author’s Own Life in the Novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1608 words, 3 pages)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce draws on many details of Joyce's own actual life, while also using fictional situations and events. Although the novel is more than just autobiographical, its protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, is essentially Joyce's "alter ego," a "fictional double," if you ... Read More

The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, an American Author (592 words, 1 pages)

On January 7, 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was born in the tiny town of Notasulga, Alabama. She was the fifth of eight children in the Hurston household. Her father John was a carpenter, sharecropper, and a Baptist preacher and her mother Lucy, a former schoolteacher. Within a year of Zora's ... Read More

An Analysis of the Allegory of a Man Pitted against His Past in Young Goodman Brown, a Short Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (334 words, 1 pages)

The story about Young Goodman Brown centers around the allegory of a man pitted against his past and his desires to reach beyond that which his benighted heaven would put before him. The allegory is Christian due to the references in Young Goodman Brown to the devil and Satan. The ... Read More

A Biography of William Clark Styron, Jr. an American Author (1014 words, 2 pages)

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. -ECCLESIASTES 117-18 William Clark Styron, Jr. was born to Pauline and William Clark ... Read More

A History of the Bolsheviks Success and Establishing of Their Authority over Russia in the Years After 1917 (1564 words, 2 pages)

Why Were the Bolsheviks Successful in establishing their authority over Russia in the Years after 1917? The initial triumph of the Bolsheviks in October 1917 did not indicate overwhelming support for the Bolsheviks. On the contrary, as Orlando Figes indicates in A Peoples Tragedy, few people believed in its second ... Read More

An Analysis of the Justice of Adultery in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (753 words, 1 pages)

Adulterous relationships always end in pain. Examples of such pain are present throughout the intricate web of time. From Shakespeares star-crossed lovers, to the media buffet of Bill Clinton, adultery leaves pain. Hester embodies this pain. Not in pity but in cause. She embodies pain. Pain of loss, suffering. The ... Read More

A Discussion on the Authors That Helped Us Understand War (445 words, 1 pages)

War has taken lives, broken homes and broken hearts. Since we did not live during the days of war, we use literature to explain to us what it was like. Thats exactly what these next six authors did. Now well take a look at how these authors helped us to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1207 words, 2 pages)

"There us a moment in the history of every nation when, proceeding out of this brute youth, the perceptive powers reach their ripeness and have not yet become microscopic so that man, at this instant, extends across the entire scale." (Emerson 180) During the time in which Emerson stated this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of a Tiresome Company and the Indoor Ramp Park in Thorsby (870 words, 1 pages)

Tiresome Company Tyler Hillary English 10 2072001 Everybody goes through at least one in their lifetime the bumps in the road that slow you down and make it hard to go on, but you have to continue through all the hard times. When you think life is going really well ... Read More

Henry David Thoreau and His Ideas on Civil Disobedience (1491 words, 2 pages)

THOREAU ON CIVIL DISOBEDIANCE Henry David Thoreaus basis for objecting to the government was very well thought-out, as he details three main tenets in opposing an unjust government. He starts out by stating the individual duties each person has as a mere citizen, as a good neighbor. Things such as ... Read More

A Biography of Rachel Carson, an Author of a Book on Pollution (1419 words, 2 pages)

Rachel Carson was an intelligent woman, she knew it was not a good idea to spray chemicals over the earth, she knew there were better ways of killing the weeds, insects, rodents, and other organisms that are a problem. She spent most of her life researching and writing about these ... Read More

An Analysis of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, an American Author (1500 words, 2 pages)

Things that go BUMP in the Night Poe is an eloquent writer who, in the art of making Pym come to life, finds a way to make the most memorable scenes clear and concise in the novel. Poe, often considered the master of the dark, has made a hellish nightmare ... Read More

An Analysis of the Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (789 words, 1 pages)

In the play, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, we hear many different viewpoints Thoreau may have. Some things he says are agreeable with, while others are not. He gets very in depth with things and makes you really think about what ... Read More

The Effects and Implications of Sin The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (791 words, 1 pages)

The Effects and Implications of Sin in The Scarlet Letter Published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter was the first American tragedy. It was written by one of America's greatest writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne. This story deals with problems of secret sin and the guilt of a tortured conscience. Hawthorne uses a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Difficulties and Pressures Upon the Teenagers in the United States and the Role of the Author S. E. Hinton (656 words, 1 pages)

The difficulties and pressures that are put upon teens today have changed over time. The concerns of today's adults and how they relate to today's teens are different because of current issues such as sex, drugs, and violence. Each person has different concerns and expresses them in their own way. ... Read More

How the Structure of the Novel “1984” Reflects the Author’s Message (390 words, 1 pages)

Usually, the structure of a novel reflects the author's message. This is the case in the novel 1984. There is a negative utopia (dystopia) that occurs. The novel is structured in three parts according to Winston's thoughts and actions toward the Party. Through the structure of the novel 1984, the ... Read More

The Literary Career and Works of Author Theodore Roethke (1053 words, 4 pages)

The Somber Dance Theodore Roethke, poet and author, has contributed many well-known pieces to American literature. Roethke wrote close to 200 notebooks worth of poems. Only three percent of the poems in his notebooks were actually published. Most pieces, well-known to the public, are collections of poems such as The ... Read More

An Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” (556 words, 1 pages)

In puritan New England all sins were punished in different ways, some worse than others. In The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is an adulterer, Reverend Dimmesdale is another adulterer, and Roger Chilingworth is a man who cares only about punishing the man who slept with his ... Read More

The Dissection of Symbolisms in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (507 words, 2 pages)

The book The Scarlet Letter is all about symbolism. People and objects are symbolic of events and thoughts. Throughout the course of the book, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester, Pearl, and Arthur Dimmesdale to signify Puritanic and Romantic philosophies. Hester Prynne, through the eyes of the Puritans, is an extreme sinner ... Read More

The Portrayal of the Puritan Sin in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (577 words, 1 pages)

Unlike modern authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne is more concerned with what sin causes rather than what causes sin. In his stories, such as The Scarlet Letter, this is especially present. The focus of the plot is not how or why Hester chose to have an affair with Dimmesdale, but what happened ... Read More

The Portrayal of the Puritan Society in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1047 words, 2 pages)

The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is about a Puritan society in Massachusetts. The theme of this novel is largely sin, and how the guilty parties were not equally treated for the same sin or exposed for the wrong that they had done in ... Read More

The Many Characters That Suffer from the Toll of Sin in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” (594 words, 1 pages)

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many characters that suffer from the tolls of sin but none as horribly as Hester's daughter, Pearl. She alone suffers from sin that is not her own, but rather that of her mother. She is always considered as an outcast because ... Read More

An Analysis of Bradstreet’s Poems The Prologue and The Author to Her Book (1314 words, 2 pages)

The Muse and the Mother in Bradstreet's "The Prologue" and "The Author to Her Book" Early female authors and poets almost always introduced their work with some sort of apology for speaking out at all. Such an apology or plea was necessary for any woman who didn't want to be ... Read More

A Look into the Life of D.H Lawrence the UK Author and His Short Story The Rocking Horse Winner (930 words, 2 pages)

In the UK around about the early 1900s a style of writing called realism existed that still exists today. Numerous authors wrote in this manner throughout all of their works. However, some picked up on realism and then dropped it for whatever reason. Perhaps they simply got bored of it ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Punishment for Deception in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1266 words, 2 pages)

The ninth commandment tells man not to give false witness.(Exodus 2016) Nathaniel Hawthorn and Charles Dickens in their novels The Scarlet Letter and A Tale of Two Cities, respectively, both use punishment for deception as a recurring theme. Although they do so to different degrees and in dissimilar manners, both ... Read More

A Biography of Tennessee Williams, an American Author and Playwright (2479 words, 4 pages)

Tennessee Williams A Great American Author Thomas Lanier Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi to Edwina Dakin and Cornelius Coffin Williams, became one of the nations greatest playwrights. He was born on March 26, 1911 in his grandfather, Reverend Walter E. Dakin's, Episcopal Church. William's mother, Edwina, was a lively and ... Read More

The Major Part of Symbolism in the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (345 words, 1 pages)

What is symbolism? Even most children have a good concept of symbolism, although they are unaware of it. The concept of pretending is very close to symbolism. Symbolism is the representation of objects for other things or ideas. Use of symbolism can greatly affect the book overall. In The Scarlet ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Symbolism in The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne (310 words, 1 pages)

Symbolism in Hawthornes The Blithedale Romance In Hawthornes The Blithedale Romance, there are many uses of symbolism regarding the characters and the objects pertaining to them. The names of the characters Coversdale, Zenobia and Priscilla are a major part of this symbolism. The first character to represent symbolism is Coversdale. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Symbolism in the Novel, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1274 words, 2 pages)

Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown Hawthorne depicts a 17th century Puritan attempting to reach justification as Browns faith required. Upon completing his journey, however, Brown could not confront the terrors of evil in his heart and chose to reject all of society. Puritan justification was a topic Hawthorne was aware ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013