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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1. The Hawthorne studies were based on the Hawthorne effect‚ which states that the employee’s work behavior might be different if a manager is watching and the employee might believe that the manager’s care about them based on the attention the employees are receiving. The studies were conducted at the Weston Electric Company. Within the studies the researchers changed many variables such as lighting‚ less hours‚ gender and added benefits such as breaks and an increase in pay. The results that were
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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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The Hawthorne effect is an increase in worker productivity produced by the psychological stimulus of being singled out and made to feel important. It is a term referring to the tendency of some people to work harder and perform better when they are participants in an experiment. Individuals may change their behavior due to the attention they are receiving from researchers rather than because of any manipulation of independent variables. The Hawthorne experiments took place from 1927 to 1933 in
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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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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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second chance.” People love second chances because it’s an opportunity to prove oneself. Unfortunately‚ some don’t think we deserve our second chance‚ because we will just screw it up and make the situation even worse. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne were two similar guys. They were only a year apart in age and therefore both grew up during the same time period during Romanticism in the 1800s. During this time‚ people wanted to express themselves through creative writing‚ art‚ music‚ and
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position of trepidation. Moreover‚ setting generally transcends its own simplicity by affecting the structure of a piece‚ permeating into the plot’s innermost dealings. Throughout the semester‚ two short stories immerge as paragons of a setting’s importance‚ these being Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne and‚ more contemporarily‚ Girl by Jamaica Kincaid. Both exemplify the importance of setting as it reflects and applies to the core meaning of each piece. On a very basic level‚ the setting of
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This story is mainly based off the scene where Dimmesdale is standing on the scaffold and asks Hester and Pearl to stand with him‚ but he is too cowardly to do so in front of the public eye. Dimmesdale ends up being dragged away by Chillingworth‚ and Hester is once again left on the scaffold by herself. The theme of this scene is “humans fear the judgement of others” because Dimmesdale is very scared of the Puritan society and their thoughts. I really wanted to portray this theme in my story‚ and
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Ibsen and Tolstoy into Tamil. His father C. S. Ayyar was a dynamic individual who rose to the top of the Indian Civil Service. It is not without interest that his paternal uncle Sir C. V. Raman was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1930 for the discovery of the Raman effect‚ providing direct demonstration of quantum effects in the scattering of light from molecules. Education began at home with Sitalakshmi giving instruction in Tamil and English‚ while C. S. Ayyar taught his children English and arithmetic
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