Can one teach a life lesson through pure misery of another? Nathaniel Hawthorne effectively portrays the Puritan society in a Dark Romantic point of view within The Scarlet Letter. He uses characters such as Hester Prynne‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth to show the dim side of emotions. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses these three main characters to show the responsibility one should take for his actions‚ the internal suffering caused by guilt‚ and the dangerous effects
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he depicted chronologically the decaying Southern society. In other words‚ he mainly pointed out the vice of the southern high society and the pursuit to create the universal humanity. (Meyer 83) Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ an America author of "Young Goodman Brown‚" born on July 4‚ 1804‚ in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ grew up in a very strict Puritan family‚ which is where his inspiration came from. In addition‚ in most of Hawthorne’s short stories‚ he developed the stories in similar settings in time and characters
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1. In "The Chief’s Daughters" what appears to be the "moral" or lesson to be learned from the narrative? Do Americans continue to utilize oral tradition to transmit values to subsequent generations? The lesson from the story of The Chief’s daughter that can be seen is an old one. It can be said in a few different ways such as “Nothing is as it seems” or “the grass is not always greener on the other side.” In the beginning‚ the two daughters are viewing two unique stars in the night sky both of them
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In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance”‚ he states that “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure”. That was much of the country’s reaction when it came to reading about Chris McCandless‚ a man who set off into the woods to try and go against the grain of society who then succumbed to mother nature‚ in Jon Krakauer’s novel “Into the Wild”. Many of those readers would have considered Chris dumb and ignorant‚ but I see Chris as following his beliefs with those beliefs relating
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2. What happens to Tom’s wife? What do you learn about Tom‚ based on his reaction to the loss of his wife? Nobody know what happened to his wife‚ but we can infer that the black man killed her. Tom’s reaction demonstrated that he was happy that his wife was gone as he leapt for joy. 3. What agreement does Tom Walker ultimately make with the Devil? As the story progresses‚ why do you think Tom begins to go to church and carry a Bible with him at all times? Tom agrees to open a broker’s shop to make
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What we can not see but know exists. What only it seems and yet is. Where he was the innocence now inhabits the horror. The beauty‚ as the angels of Rilke or William Blake’s poems smells murderous carnage. The pure evil‚ counted in the black and white of the snow and blood curdled at the foot of an injured horse or a tree in a midnight with flashlights. Evil expands contaminated. The cinema of Michael Haneke’s disturbing‚ I tide slowly. Nothing happens in these films‚ everything is enclosed in a
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Herman Melville comes closer to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s cynicism not Henry James. Melville thinks that Hawthorne shows you the loveliness and infatuation of life then later on frightens you with the ideas of sin‚ evil and guilt. James says that all that Hawthorne’s work is dark and mysterious‚ and simply that‚ nothing more‚ which I think is incorrect. There are plenty of reasons why Melville understands the message and pessimism behind Hawthorne’s writing that James does not see. Hawthorne
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the author uses three scaffold scenes to mark the development of Hester Prynne. The image of Hester atop the scaffolding is a metaphor for her forced solitude; for her banishment from society; and for the futility of her punishment. In the first scene‚ Hawthorne uses the scaffold to explain how Hester can not believe that the “A” and the baby are real. In the second scaffold scene‚ Hawthorne tries to convey to the reader that Hester
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The Scarlet Letter In the “Scarlet Letter” Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the consequences for sinning. The story takes place in a puritan community in Boston‚ Massachusetts in the 17th century. In the story the main character‚ Hester Prynne‚ commits adultery with the Reverend mr.Dimmsdale. As a result of their actions‚ Pearl is born. Hester is punished to wear the scarlet letter A‚ which stands for Adultery‚ on her breast. Hester’s husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ made her keep their marriage a
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In “The May-Pole of Merry Mount‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne displays a different view of the Merry Mount people‚ than that which was earlier described my William Bradford. In the 17th century Bradford wrote an autobiography about Merry Mount‚ while two centuries later‚ Hawthorne decides to write a fictional story about Merry Mount. While each writing is great‚ they each have their own view on how the people and activities that happened at Merry Mount were. Hawthorne’s analysis of this event varies from
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