Essays Tagged: "Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Anyalization of Pearl from the "Scarlet Letter"

One of the most significant writers of the romantic period in American literature wasNathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne wrote stories that opposed the ideas of Transcendentalism.Since he ha ... 's will. Thecharacter of Pearl portrayed a large role in the plot of the Scarlet Letter.SignificanceNathaniel Hawthorne develops Pearl into the most obvious central symbol of the novel,the scarlet let ... in that she constantly tries throughout the novel to find out whattakes place around her. Overall, Nathaniel Hawthorne developed Pearl successfully and madeher one of the most significant and memorab ...

(5 pages) 138 0 3.4 Nov/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Herman Melville's response to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two of the most influential authors in American Literature. Both men wrote a ...

(5 pages) 99 1 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne

nal 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 per ...

(5 pages) 126 0 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

An in depth rhetorical analysis of the Scarlet letter

s held a great price to mankind, but no pearl has ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as Nathaniel Hawthorne's powerful heroine Hester Prynne. Her daughter Pearl, born into a Puritan prison ...

(4 pages) 141 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hawthorne - Melville Comparitive Essay

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville are similar because they both have pessimistic views of huma ... negative views about humanity. The author of Billy Budd, Herman Melville, is more pessimistic than Nathaniel Hawthorne though. Through reading and analyzing these two stories, one can easily understand the differences.

(5 pages) 93 0 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The house of seven gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of Seven Gablesby Nathaniel Hawthorne The protagonist in The House of Seven Gables is Hepzibah Pyncheon. She is ...

(2 pages) 68 1 4.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses diction and symbolism to show the negative effects of stifling conformity v ...

(2 pages) 68 0 4.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Symbolism.

no pearl had ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as Hester Prynne, a powerful heroine in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter. Pearl, born into a Puritan prison in more ways than ...

(4 pages) 141 0 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Washington Irving, comparing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and !The Devil and Tom Walker"

rt business. Irving had literary influences early in his life. He was friends with Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Charles Dickens. Washington Irving had no formal schooling. Instead, he tau ...

(3 pages) 91 0 4.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Thesis Statement, The Scarlett letter by Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter is a story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story's setting is in the 1850's during the puritan times in Boston, Massac ...

(3 pages) 84 0 4.3 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Darkness Illuminated in Hawthorne's Scarlett letter

ns, giving it a great deal of importance in his creed. Following in the footsteps of his ancestors, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses light as a tool of God that illuminates the darkness of human iniquity and ...

(3 pages) 54 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

American Tragedies In "The Crucible " and "The Scarlett letter"

to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet Letter. Perhaps one might wonder which author did a better job ...

(3 pages) 71 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Light and Darkness in the Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is one of the most analyzed and most discussed literary wor ... of symbols have made this work incredibly complex and incredibly bothersome. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many symbols to give insight into characters and promote his views on socie ...

(3 pages) 88 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Visions of a Past Society in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet letter"

d chaotic, it can be extremely difficult to provide an honest, and just law system. As a result, in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, people use their religion (Puritan), as judge, jury, and e ... ovel was truly good, and all the characters sinned. It is impossible to have a perfect society, and Nathaniel Hawthorne explains to us in The Scarlet Letter, that one ruled by the Puritan religion, proves this true.

(3 pages) 55 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

An Analysis of Various Hawthourne Short Stories. "Rapaccinni's Daughter, " "Young Goodman, " "The Birthmark,""Look up to heaven, and resist the wicked one"

In many of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories, he creates characters with either a malicious or evil feature t ...

(3 pages) 156 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Reality or Illusion, in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short storyDr. Heidegger's Experiment, one of thecentral ideas of the story re ...

(3 pages) 66 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Hester in The Scarlet Letter

Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The Scarlet Letter, Hester's attitudes toward her adultery are ambivalent ...

(4 pages) 160 5 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne's ideas and views

Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest Anti-Transcendentalist writers ofall time. He utiliz ... own by his past, and his feelings toward it, by the books that he wrote andthe life that he led, Nathaniel Hawthorne was an Anti-Transcendentalist in the purestsense of the word.

(3 pages) 162 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Symbolism in "Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, life is centered around a rigid, Puritanistic-structured s ...

(4 pages) 76 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Symbollism in Hawthorne's"The Scarlett Letter"

st a bunch of meaningless words on paper. The most symbolic piece of work in American Literature is Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne's use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter is one ... uthor's ability to supply meaning to his work. It also shows the pride an author takes in his work. Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter shows his greatness to produce a novel ...

(2 pages) 82 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne