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The Relationship Between Man and Government in the Essay, Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (326 words, 1 pages)

Henry Thoreaus Civil Disobedience is his views on the relationship between man and his government. He begins by saying that most governments are usually ineffective and all are sometimes. He says that a government where a majority rules isnt just. Men should do the right thing before following the law. ... Read More

A Study on the Life of Henry David Thoreau (2060 words, 7 pages)

He spent his life in voluntary poverty, enthralled by the study of nature. Two years, in the prime of his life, were spent living in a shack in the woods near a pond. Who would choose a life like this? Henry David Thoreau did, and he enjoyed it. Who was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Life Versus Life in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (3445 words, 9 pages)

Hawthornes Life Versus Life In The Scarlet Letter To understand a book the reader must understand the background and lifetime of the author. Nathaniel Hawthornes childhood was one in which he was brought up by a conservative family in a Puritan Community. He was not totally sold on his cultures ... Read More

An Examination of the Relation of The Scarlet Letter and Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (597 words, 2 pages)

the Scarlet Letter and how it relates to the quote from Young Goodman Brown "Evil is the nature of Mankind" A True Romance VS. Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his short story, 'Young Goodman Brown', generates a relationship in direct contrast with that of a true romance among the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Executive Branch Which Has Not Stepped Over Its Constitutional Authority (708 words, 1 pages)

The Executive Branch has not stepped over its constitutional authority in order to guarantee our personal safety. Most people that are whining about President Bush and other members of the Executive Branch going to far have not really thought about how things would change if the branch wasn't allowed to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book and Movie, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Author) and John Ford (Director) (3167 words, 4 pages)

The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck, author John Ford, director Produced by Twentieth Century Fox , 1940. In John Steinbecks and John Fords Grapes of Wrath the feeling of depression in the 1930s is portrayed very clearly. Both the book and movie depict the great migration West by homeless sharecroppers. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Feminism in The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne (848 words, 1 pages)

Feminism in Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil" The character of Elizabeth in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil seems to be a somewhat forgotten symbol of feminism. I was struck with Elizabeth's strength and determination when she confronted her husband in public. It seems as if Hawthorne is placing Elizabeth ... Read More

An Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1356 words, 2 pages)

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne's scarlet token liberates her more than it punishes her. First of all, Hester's soul is freed by her admission of her crime by enduring her earthly punishment, Hester is assured of a place in the heavens. Also, though her appearance is much ... Read More

A Brief Biography of Author Richard Lederer (2184 words, 3 pages)

Richard Lederer was once asked where he would get all these funny stories he answered "Ever since I became a writer, I had found that questions the most difficult to answer and had only recently come up with an analogy that I thought would satisfy both my audience and me. ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literature by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau (804 words, 2 pages)

Dance to the beat of your own drummer A piece of advice that I have been told my whole life, and have tried my hardest to follow. The words were taken from Thoreaus quote, If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears ... Read More

An Analysis of the Works of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Two Transcendentalists (640 words, 1 pages)

Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were two of the most influential writers of the 19th century. They were both members of the transcendentalist club, In their works, Emerson and Thoreau discussed the concepts of intuition, autonomy, and nature. Both Emerson and Thoreau had intuition about what was right. ... Read More

An Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe as a Famous Author (883 words, 2 pages)

Edgar Allen Poe was a famous author. Since his death more books have been published about Poe than any other American author. Poe was hounded by economic troubles, hurt by his enemies, and haunted by nightmares and visions. Yet out of the very frustrations of his personal life came his ... Read More

An Overview of the Issues of the Character Hester by Hawthorne (269 words, 1 pages)

Hawthorne clearly did not hold this view. The physical descriptions of Hester flesh out a delicate, elegant, and radiantly beautiful young woman the epitome of ladylike grace, not evil and sin. Hawthorne suggests with her journey to the pillory that not only is she beautiful and ladylike, but also fiercely ... Read More

A Biography of George Orwell the Greatest Author of Political Fiction (1809 words, 2 pages)

George Orwell is perhaps one of the greatest authors of political ficition in our time. Two of his most famous and most popular novels are undoubtedly Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Orwell considered himself to be a socialist, but he was very critical of communism and especially totalitarianism. These two ... Read More

An Analysis of the Narrator in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville (392 words, 1 pages)

What makes a story different from a tale lies in the authors choice of characterization. When we have little physical detail about the character as is Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown and Poes The Cask of Amontillado the story becomes more of a tale. In a tale, it is possible to ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of C. H. Sisson, a British Writer, Poet and Author (254 words, 2 pages)

C.H. Sisson -born in Bristol in 1914 -very distinguished poet -in 1993 was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature -Carcanet published all his poems, translations and prose writings -abandoned the writing of poetry at age of twenty -started again eight or nine years later on battleship off ... Read More

An Analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (820 words, 1 pages)

Robert Frosts Mending Wall describes a stone barrier that two neighbors visit each year for repair. The wall is used as a metaphor for how we place barriers between each other, which is far easier to deal with, but is a loss in the long run. Buildings and structures have ... Read More

A Comparison between the Realist Theater and the Metatheater with the Examples of Ibsen’s A Dolls House and Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author (1186 words, 2 pages)

With most Realist and Naturalist plays the audience is safely concealed behind the invisible fourth wall of the proscenium. A play that utilizes this technique is A Dolls House written by Ibsen. Yet, many later plays do not provide the spectator this same degree of distance and detachment, as seen ... Read More

An Analysis of the Portrayal of Pearl Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Novel The Scarlet Letter (683 words, 1 pages)

Sometimes beauty is found in places as unexpected as a rosebush growing outside of a prison in a puritan colonial village. Pearl Prynne is an unearthly beautiful child with a with spirit born under unimaginably sinful conditions, all of which are somehow related to the ideas, actions, and views of ... Read More

An Analysis of Pearl’s Connection to the Rose in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Novel The Scarlet Letter (350 words, 1 pages)

"After putting her finger in her mouth, with many ungracious refusals to answer good Mr. Wilson's question, the child finally announced that she had not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses, that grew by the prison- door." (Hawthorne, 76) ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (647 words, 1 pages)

The character of Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter seemed to be a very strong man in some ways. He held the burden of his sin for seven years before he was finally able to admit what he did. He suffered through a tremendous amount of guilt and anxiety. But ... Read More

A Literary Comparison of Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1622 words, 2 pages)

It remains a simple reality of life that the choices made today will shape tomorrow. Most if not all books are essentially microcosms of the real world. They very explicitly illustrate not only the importance of choices but how they can greatly influence the train of events following thereafter. A ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of Jack London, an American Author (1137 words, 2 pages)

London Jack London was admired by many and thought only to live his life to the fullest, by whatever means necessary. He was born in San Francisco, in 1876. He was deserted by his father, "Professor" William Henry Chaney, an itinerant astrologer, and raised in Oakland by his mother Flora ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Many of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Short Stories (811 words, 1 pages)

In many of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories, he creates characters with either a malicious or evil feature to relay to the reader a more allegorical meaning. Many would say he targets woman without justification. Therefore a reader may interpret him to be a misogynist. In the story "Rapaccinni's Daughter" he ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Ambiguity in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Novel The Scarlet Letter (800 words, 1 pages)

In the world of literature, authors many times strive to create a perspicuous, easy to understand novel. To keep from becoming convoluted, they want to create a novel in which every aspect of the work including the plot, character, and symbols are clear-cut and definite. However, sometimes adding ambiguity provides ... Read More

An Introduction to the Methods Agrippina Used to Gain Power and Authority (1089 words, 2 pages)

ASSESS THE METHODS AGRIPPINA USED TO GAIN POWER AND AUTHORITY A woman in Ancient Roman times never wielded much power especially when it came to politics, however Agrippina was one of the few exceptions to this. Through the coarse of her life, Agrippina showed herself to be extremely power-hungry, especially ... Read More

An Analysis of the Symbolism of the Letter A for Different Characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Novel The Scarlet Letter (1912 words, 5 pages)

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel that takes place in a Puritan community during the middle of the seventeenth century. The story is about a woman named Hester Prynne who has an affair with a man by the name of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. This occurred after ... Read More

An Analysis of the Letter A as a Symbol of Love and Sin in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Novel The Scarlet Letter (1794 words, 2 pages)

Deep in a forest, far away from grey, black, white, and the closely-knit community of the small Puritan town, a strange ruby stands beneath the verdant treetops and crunches the leaves beneath her feet. The ruby, scratched by the rough, stabbing thorns around her, who try to crack her deep ... Read More

An Analysis of the Author Uses Symbolism and Irony to Elucidate the Theme of the Story (771 words, 1 pages)

Show how the author uses symbolism and irony to elucidate the theme or the story. In this story a young Campfire girl named Marian sets out to earn points by visiting an old age home. The author depicts Marian's reluctance to be there by the way she slowly makes her ... Read More

The Difference between Authoritarian and Democratic Power (1082 words, 3 pages)

The Two powers Each person is born with a tendency to rule ,and in order for people to achieve this purpose, they use different means of power. As a result , many methods of power have been developed perhaps the two most common types of ruling are authoritarian and democratic ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013