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    Anti-Transcendentalism Evil. Sin. Destruction. They are all used to describe a movement whose ideas go against those of transcendentalism. These terms are all aspects of a movement from the 1830’s known as Anti-Transcendentalism or Dark Romanticism. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ a poet from Massachusetts was a Dark Romantic. He was well known for including gruesome aspects in his stories and poems. In his work‚ he demonstrated his negative thoughts of mankind. “The Ocean‚” one of his most famous pieces of poetry explains

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    In "Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment‚" by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the magic book and dust are symbols that help illustrate Hawthorn’s theme of how people should lock their past away and always work for the future. When the four guests drink the fountain of youth Dr. Heidegger is experimenting whether people have learned anything from their earlier years in life. Overall the reality of life will emerge and the choice of resisting or going with the flow will surface. One symbol is the magic book‚ which is

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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” Georgiana’s identity is constructed through gender roles and spiritual aspects. Aylmer‚ her husband‚ perception of her physical beauty is almost perfect except the birthmark on her left cheek which he believes to look like a tiny crimson hand. Some believed the birthmark to be a hand print from a fairy that was left as she was being born. Men in the past felt deeply for Georgiana‚ they viewed that birthmark as some that was beautiful “Many a desperate swain

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    Hawthorne to Faulkner: The Evolution of the Short Story Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Faulkner ’s short stories "Young Goodman Brown" and "A Rose for Emily" use a moral to endorse particular ideals or values. Through their characters examination and evaluation of one another‚ the author ’s lesson is brought forth. The authors ’ style of preaching morals is reminiscent of the fables of Aesop and the religious parables of the Old and New Testament. The reader is faced with a life lesson after

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    Dictionary states: A birthmark is a blemish or new growth on the skin formed before birth and is usually brown or dark red in color. There is no need to say that it is not a normal part of one’s body‚ a birthmark is just a part of being a human. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famously known short story‚ “‘The Birthmark’‚ tells of a scientist’s passion to overcome what he deems to be the imperfection of nature” (Cassill) and uses the birthmark its self‚ Aylmer’s dream‚ the laboratory and boudoir as symbols

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    Dimmesdale‚ from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ endures as a result of his irreparable sin of adultery. Within his novel‚ Hawthorne places an emphasis on the psychological and emotional effects

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    Pym‚ and Hawthorne’s The House of Seven Gables. How all three authors utilize a "conversational" tone for the function of their work. In works by three of the most classically American authors of the nineteenth century‚ Melville‚ Poe‚ and Hawthorne‚ a trait that can be considered common to all three authors is pronounced clearly as a means to their narration. This trait is that of deploying a narrative laden with- and moreover led by –conversational phrasing and asides. The flow of passages

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    birthmark because it becomes competition for a women without one. A man becomes obsessed with his wife’s birthmark to the point that he tries to control and manipulate nature. Love is not perfect‚ either is man or woman. A short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ “The Birthmark”‚ is a short story about a newly married couple and the husband becomes obsessed with his wife’s birthmark. The birthmark is a symbol in the text. The text reads as follows “The crimson hand expressed the ineludible gripe in

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    (Galileo Galilei). Scientist Aylmer is disgusted with his wife Georgina’s birthmark and persistent in removing it. He thinks Georgina is perfect except for her birthmark and he says that the birthmark is a “visible mark on earthly imperfection” (Hawthorne‚ 304). Aylmer tries to remove something perfectly natural by using science in form of a fatal elixir. By looking at the opposing forces of nature and science as seen through the symbols of the birthmark and the contrast between Aminadab and Aylmer

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    Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne were close friends when they were both writing their famous novels. The two shared their ideas with each other through letters and meetings‚ one could imagine; however‚ this may not have been so perfect. It is likely that they agreed on each other’s ideas but also disagreed on some of their ideas too. This is apparent especially in the presentation of the themes of nature and convention in their novels. Melville in Moby Dick believes that one must escape from

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