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    Hawthorne Introduction

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    Hawthorne Introduction | |   | ------------------------------------------------- 表單的頂端…. My Kinsman‚ Major Molineux” [and] “Young Goodman Brown”: both probe the individual’s complex inner life and interrelationships with society‚ warning against simplistic moral judgments and challenging pious assumptions about Puritanism and revolutionary America. Both present eruptions of what has been suppressed; and the narrator‚ who asks if the guilt-obsessed Brown had “only dreamed a wild dream of of witch-meeting”

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    Disturbing‚ Anger and A Little Bit of Happiness Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ a great American gothic writer‚ wrote many different‚ amazing stories including the classic novel‚ “The Birthmark”. The Birthmark is about Aylmer‚ his wife Georgiana and the birthmark that lays upon her cheek. One day‚ Aylmer asks his wife whether she has ever thought about removing the birthmark on her cheek. She cheerfully says no but grows serious when she realizes that he asked the question seriously. Many people have told

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ all are highly acclaimed American poets of the 19th century‚ particularly ranging from between the years 1820-1860. Between the years 1820 -1860‚ is considered as the Romanic Period‚ which was the follow up from the Romantic Movement that started in Germany. The Romantic Movement surfaced in the America in 1820‚ and ended up coinciding with the period of national expansion‚ and the exploration or a

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    Hawthorne Studies

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    Prentice Hall Carey A. (1967) "The Hawthorne Studies: A Radical Criticism"‚ American Sociological Review‚ Vol.32‚ No.3‚ Jun. 1967‚ p.403-416. Clark D (1999) “Hawthorne Effect” Retrieved November 20‚ 2007‚ Retrieved from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/history/hawthorne.html Coutts B‚ (2003) “The Hawthorne Experiments” Retrived November 25‚ 2007‚ Retrived from http://www.hawthorne-academy.org/publication6.html Draper S.W (2006) “The Hawthorne‚ Pygmalion‚ Placebo and other effects of

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    The Scarlet Letter Alienation can be linked to self-discovery. The alienated can make a choice: to endure or to protest. Explain the choices made by Hester Prynne and how they are typical or atypical based on the societal values during this time period (1640s). Hester Prynne has made many tough decisions throughout the novel. Most‚ if not all‚ of her choices were atypical for women during this time period. One of Hester’s most prominent decisions was to stay in town when she knows that her

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    Gothic Poe and Hawthorne

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    Carlos daSilva Professor Johnson ENC 1102 Gothic: Poe and Hawthorne June 13‚ 2011 Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe are considered masters of American gothic fiction. Gothic is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Jennifer Palladino cited Herman Melville who wrote “Gothic was nothing if not new and varied; yet at the same time‚ there was an unexpected mental growth as well‚ a dimensional growth in acuity of intelligence and refinement of consciousness

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    The Hawthorne Studies

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    Despite fierce and ongoing arguments of the results delivered by the Hawthorne studies‚ the significance of the vast degree of contribution is unquestionable. The Hawthorne studies had steered the focal point on Scientific Management introduced by Frederick W Taylor to human relations and motivational issues in the workplace. Indirectly‚ over the century‚ the Hawthorne studies had raised several well-known theorists such as Douglas McGregor‚ Frederick Herzberg and Abraham Maslow to study and invent

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    hawthorne experiment

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    Hawthorne Experiment. Advantages: During the experiment the performance of the group has increased (Not because of improving conditions‚ but because of the communication and collaboration) Disadvantages: there were personnel changes‚ that is the workers hostile watching the situation changed for those who would like to work in such conditions (that is attended only those workers who are more willing‚ not all workers) Conclusion: This experiment showed that workers are willing to actively

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    on the unsuccessful attempts of man to make change. In both “The Birthmark” by and Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Dark Romantic characteristics of obsession and violence are displayed by the antagonists when they start to fix the problems of their lives with their own methods. In both stories the main characters experience obsession over incidents that they cannot

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    Hawthorne Studies

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    1. What were the origins of the Hawthorne experiments? The Hawthorne experiments were groundbreaking studies in human relations that were conducted between 1927 and 1932 at Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne Works in Chicago. Western Electric was the manufacturing subsidiary of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Hawthorne plant was an example of advanced American industrial production. Organization of the production processes was based on the application of the scientific management

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