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    actually explore how they share similar themes. Through careful analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone and The Crucible by Arthur Miller; you can see the evidence that supports the fact that both of these two works are somewhat related. These themes include sin‚ punishment of sin‚ the devil‚ and love/lust. The most obvious theme contained in both works is sin. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the sin that has been committed is adultery and has produced an illegitimate

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    Set in the summer of the Roaring Twenties‚ The Great Gatsby follows the hedonistic and destructive lifestyles of the upper social classes of post-war America. This novel‚ written by F Scott Fitzgerald in the same time period‚ criticizes the shallowness of the actions of this outlandish generation and their eventual disillusionment with their society. American Beauty‚ the 1999 film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan ball‚ uses the setting of contemporary middle-class suburban America to examine

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    Yet what I am none cares or know‚ My friends forsake me like a memory lost…” Compare the ways in which isolation or alienation from society are presented in any two of the texts you have studied. We witness cases of alienation in the texts The Scarlet Letter and A Streetcar Named Desire‚ which are presented mainly in the female protagonists Hester Prynne and Blanche DuBois. However‚ although both characters experience isolation from their respective societies‚ it is my contention that the causes for

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    The majority of great actors and actresses receive awards for their talent. One particular award‚ an Oscar‚ was given to Leonardo Dicaprio who‚ along with his fans‚ had waited for many years to receive it. Even without this award‚ there is no doubt that he is a great and well-known actor. Some people may question whether he is famous due to his good looks rather than his actual acting‚ but once they watch the films he has partaken in they notice his incredible acting ability. Some of the most famous

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    Almost every story has an antagonist. The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick are no exception. The characters that allow evil to manifest itself in these stories are Captain Ahab and Roger Chillingworth. There are many differences in Mr. Ahab and Mr. Chillingworth and how they become evil. Roger Chillingworth is the evil character in the story The Scarlet Letter. His goal is to harm the man responsible for the scarlet letter on Hester Prynne. Chillingworth obsesses over trying to find the man who had the

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    ” A Parasitic Worm-Leech The uses of blood-sucking leeches as medical tools are prevalent‚ but a lot of people still detest “leeches” and in The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne used both characteristics of a leech to epitomize Roger Chillingworth‚ the husband of Hester‚ the protagonist. In the story‚ to find the man who gave birth to Hester’s child‚ Chillingworth entered the Puritan town‚ where Hester and Dimmesdale lived in. In the town‚ people considered doctors as “leeches” and Chillingworth lived

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    The Great Gatsby Comparison Paper The similarities and the differences between the book The Great Gatsby and the movie G are many in both accounts. The book The Great Gatsby was written and set in the 1920’s with all caucasion characters‚ and the proper talk and everyday life of the 20’s. The movie G is much different in this aspect because the writter’s and the director of the film decided to modernize the story and make it more catered to the new african america lifestyle

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    The Symbolic meaning of the letter “A” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the meaning of the letter "A" stands for “adulterer”‚ but the symbolic meaning of the “A” changes throughout the book.  This change is significant as it indicates the personal growth of the characters as well as the enlightenment of the townspeople. When the novel begins‚ the letter "A" is a symbol of sin. In the puritan village Hester resides in‚ a person that commits adultery is to be condemned to death

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    Fitzgerald Essay “And one fine morning...” With this phrase‚ appearing on the last page of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby‚ narrator Nick Carraway effectively sums up the motivating force that drives the novel’s titular character‚ Jay Gatsby. It is the achievement of the American Dream that hangs – unreached – at the end of Carraway’s sentence. In this way‚ the story leaves us with a similar lasting taste of longing‚ the bittersweet realization that powerful as the Dream may be

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    The Great Gatsby And The Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties were full of marvels and mysteries; good and bad. The truth in society is unveiled in The Great Gatsby in terms of wealth and The American dream. The rich people in the story are extremely wealthy‚ and what they say about their backstory may not be what it is in reality. Rich people have easy lives in terms of money‚ but the middle class and lower class workers must to toil to make ends meet. There are times where it is ugly for the

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