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An Analysis of Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1269 words, 6 pages)

Comparing Nathaniel Hawthorne"Dr Heidegger's Experiment"An eccentric aging physician, Dr. Heidegger, calls together his oldfriends and contemporaries to test his waters of the "fountain ofyouth." As the doctor himself sits by to enjoy the show, each of hisfour aged friends eagerly quaffs more and more of the magic potion,each draught further ... Read More

Pearl’s Character Analysis in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1401 words, 3 pages)

Characterization of PearlThe Scarlet Letter is a novel with much symbolism. Throughout the novel several characters represent other ideas. One of the most complex and misunderstood characters in the novel is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a dynamic symbol - one that is ... Read More

Civil Rights Finds Advocates in Martin Luther King Jr and Henry David Thoreau (1114 words, 5 pages)

Throughout American history, it is clear that many individuals have fought for justice in a society that has often denied it. We know this information from documents written by these individuals expressing their feelings on a certain subject. On the subject of human rights, two specific men have expanded their ... Read More

The Definitions of an Entrepreneur from Various Authors (1525 words, 3 pages)

To answer this challenging question, one must compare both entrepreneurs to small business managers or owners and entrepreneurial ventures to small businesses. One must also ascertain the meanings of the terms, entrepreneur and small business owner. The definition of an entrepreneur is a commonly argued point, with several definitions having ... Read More

Finding the Meaning in Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (776 words, 1 pages)

I had never really analyzed any work of literature before this class. I read books and stories for fun but never to analyze them. I now understand that in any piece of literature there is always a background or hidden agenda that the author wants the reader to get from ... Read More

A Biography of Stephen Crane and His Achievements as an Author (617 words, 1 pages)

Stephen Crane was the youngest of fourteen children. His father was a strict Methodist minister, who died in 1880, leaving his devout, strong mother to raise the rest of the family. Crane lasted through preparatory school, but spent less than two years in college, excelling at Syracuse in baseball and ... Read More

A Biography of Anne Sexton, an American Author (789 words, 4 pages)

Anne Gray Harvey was born into an upper-middle class family in Newton, Massachusettson November 9, 1928. She attended Rogers Preparatory School and a Boston finishingschool known as The Garland School. In 1948, she eloped with Alfred Muller Sexton justa few months before her twentieth birthday. Anne Sexton received a scholarship ... Read More

A Review of Famous Author John Steinbeck’s Quotes (545 words, 1 pages)

Author John Steinbeck writes In no country are more seeds and plants and equipment purchased and less vegetables and flowers raised. This quote stood out to me. I see many instances in which our neighbors or friends return from a store with ideas and garden tools. They retrieve their spades, ... Read More

A Summary of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” (2413 words, 3 pages)

"Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story that is thick with allegory."Young Goodman Brown" is a moral story which is told through the perversion of a religious leader. In "Young Goodman Brown", Goodman Brown is a Puritan minister who lets his excessive pride in himself interfere with his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Authority and the Principle of Abuse (515 words, 1 pages)

Authority. Can it be abused? Abagail and the other girls in the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, strongly abused their position of power. Through the authority of the girls in the court, the Witch Hysteria came about in Salem. Because of the Witch Hysteria, false accusations of witchcraft were ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Touch Wood Based on the Author’s Own Life as a Jewish Girl During the German Invasion of France (849 words, 1 pages)

"Touch Wood" is based on the authors own life when she was growing as a Jewish girl during the German invasion of France. In 1940, Rene and her family were living in Alsace, France, where nothing ever changed. No one expected anything unusual to happen. Then one day, a war ... Read More

Henry David Thoreau: The Voice of the People (874 words, 2 pages)

The beauty in the strength of mere words and the immense impact they have on the soul of man has been the inspiration to many of the greatest poets and writers. The ability to combine elegance with knowledge and thereupon affect the thoughts of others using only paper and pen ... Read More

Power and Authority in William Shakespeare’s Play Anthony and Cleopatra (1551 words, 6 pages)

We can explore the nature of power and authority through many characters inShakespeares , Antony and Cleopatra . First we look to the Triumvirate as a whole . Although they do not appear as a whole many times in the play, they create a feeling ofauthority and power just by ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller (626 words, 2 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller's The Crucible are both distinctly different narratives of the Salem Witch trials. The Scarlet Letter is a novel and The Crucible is a play. While The Scarlet Letter deals mainly with the sin of adultery, The Crucible mainly deals with witchcraft. Both ... Read More

A Reflection of Sin and Repentance in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (3724 words, 6 pages)

A Reflection on Sin and RepentanceYin HuaNathaniel Hawthorne is certainly at his best when writing about sin, the supernatural and the New England past. Among all his works dealing with sin, The Scarlet Letter is unanimously considered to be his most successful attempt. In this nineteenth-century American classic, the author ... Read More

The Ways of the Puritans in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1269 words, 2 pages)

The Scarlet LetterBy Sarah JohnstonNathaniel Hawthorne used his writing skills to appropriately show the strict intolerant ways of the disciplined Puritan America of 1850, with his novel The Scarlet Letter. This novel has become a classic, because of the accurate portrayal of the conservative Puritan ways. His novel is one ... Read More

The Outcasts of Society in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1548 words, 2 pages)

Often in society people are criticized, punished and despised for their individual choices and flaws. In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author attempts to show the way society casts out individuals simply because their ideas and deeds differ from the common values. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Symbolism in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (935 words, 3 pages)

Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses plant imagery to symbolize both the negative and positive character traits and to set the mood of the novel. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place during the age of Puritanism in Boston where a young and attractive Puritan woman commits adultery with the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Character Pearl in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (630 words, 1 pages)

PEARL Believable or Not Pearl could, or could not be a believable character in The Scarlet Letter depending on how the reader interprets Pearls actions and speech. I plan to prove that Pearl could be believable, and that she could net be believable.Throughout the book Pearl either says or does ... Read More

Character Analysis of Dimmesdale in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (449 words, 1 pages)

Character Analysis DimmesdaleDimmesdale is one of the most intriguing characters in The Scarlet Letter. I think this because he demonstrates in this story that he is a coward, and that he is strong, yet not courageous.Dimmesdale proves that he is a cowardice individual many times in The Scarlet Letter. He ... Read More

An Analysis of the Symbolism Used in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The House of Seven Gables” (2552 words, 3 pages)

American Literature reflects life, and the struggles that we face during our existence. The great authors of our time incorporate lifes problems into their literature directly and indirectly. The stories themselves bluntly tell us a story, however, an author also uses symbols to relay to us his message in a ... Read More

The Issue of Male Authority and Challenges to That Authority in the Play Antigone by Sophocles (1161 words, 4 pages)

In the play "Antigone" by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct conflicting values. Antigone first demonstrates feminist logic when she chooses to challenge a powerful male establishment. This establishment is personified by her uncle Creon, who is newly crowned as the King of Thebes. Creon poses to be a major ... Read More

An Analysis of Author’s Traits Similar to the Traits of the Character in His Story in “Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer (578 words, 3 pages)

Throughout literature, relationships can often be found betweenthe author of a story and the story that he writes. In GeoffreyChaucer's frame story, Canterbury Tales, many of the charactersmake this idea evident with the tales that they tell. A distinctrelationship can be made between the character of the Pardoner andthe tale ... Read More

An Analysis of the Role of Gender in Barrie Thorne’s Gender Play (1517 words, 2 pages)

You cant play with He-man, hes not for girls! This phrase still echoes in my mind as I reminisce about my childhood playtime. As I reached for a He-man action figure from the toy box, I was handed a Barbie doll or a My Little Pony figurine. At that time, ... Read More

A Biography of Dr. Deepak Chopra an Author and Speaker (1244 words, 2 pages)

Ones background is usually associated with an individuals identity in a society. A society of individuals belonging to different culturalethnic backgrounds helps diversify and enrich ones community as people belonging to different faiths and beliefs come together on a common platform to share their knowledge and to apply it to ... Read More

The Bright Future of James Francis Thorpe (468 words, 1 pages)

On May 22, 1887, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century was born in a small cabin in Oklahoma. James Francis Thorpe or Wa-tho-huck in his Native American name which means bright future, would have a bright future indeed. He would go on to make accomplishments in all ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Unjust Law in the Literature by Henry David Thoreau (5592 words, 9 pages)

April 4, 2000 Unjust LawIt is not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they were made or declared by any number of men to be good, if they are not good...What kind of laws for free men can ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Suffering and Torment in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (608 words, 1 pages)

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses three scenes on the scaffold to emphasize suffering and torment in Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the book, the scaffold has been the symbol of puritan societys harsh punishment for sinners. The three scaffold scenes in The Scarlet Letter convey the theme ... Read More

A Biography of Henry David Thoreau a Great American Conservationist, Visionary and Humanist (2102 words, 11 pages)

The Great Conservationist, Visionary, and Humanist 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, ... Read More

The Effects of a Desire for Revenge in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (995 words, 2 pages)

It is said that the desire for revenge will turn a mans heart to evil. This is true in Nathaniel Hawthornes The scarlet Letter when Roger Prynne becomes consumed with revenge for the defilement of his marriage vowels. His quest for revenge took hold of his heart and eventually turned ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013