Nathaniel Hawthorne´s complex and intricate narrative of the Scarlet Letter follows the life of the protagonist within a 17th century Puritan community in Boston. Hester Prynne is introduced before she is to stand trial for her crime of adultery‚ in which she is required to be publicly condemned in the centre of town. The reverend‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a member of the group of ministers sitting in judgement of Hester‚ encourages her to reveal the man who she was associated with. Hawtorhone´s story
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Find a passion in life (The fulfillment view)- Susan Wolf -Find your passion. It doesn’t matter what you do with your life as long as it is something you love. -The reason one should find one’s passion and go for it is because doing so will give one’s life a particular kind of “good feeling” and adds something “distinctive and deeply good to life”. -Being involved with something one loves or cares about‚ gives joy and fulfillment to their life. -Feelings classified as “pleasures” are unlikely
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Bird Cage of a Marriage In Susan Glaspell’s play "Trifles" there is a lot of symbolism of the bird in reference to Minnie Foster. The bird symbolizes many things‚ the representation of the life that she once had‚ Minnie’s non-existent children‚ and her transformation from being John’s pet to being free. Living in a quiet farm house with no children‚ Minnie acquires a bird and treats it as her own child. When her husband supposedly wrings the bird’s neck‚ Minnie returns the action to her husband
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(Attention Grabber) “Men‚ their rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less.” With these simple words‚ suffragist Susan B. Anthony epitomizes the women’s rights movement of the 1800s. (Topic Sentence) This movement swept the nation and spoke out to various groups of people. (Background Information) When men began to work in factories and shops‚ their wives suddenly had their own house to be in charge of. This small spark quickly blew into a flame that no man could ever put out
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The Dramatic Effects of the Setting While reading the short play‚ "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell‚ one can draw many conclusions based on the setting. The reader can form opinions of the characters and lives that they led just by the detailed description of the setting. But what exactly does the author’s use of setting do? The setting in the way Susan Glaspell wrote it was to help the reader to understand just how sad the main character‚ Mrs. Wright’s life was. The setting also helps you to understand
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quickly. The book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ emphasizes the harsh justice system of the Puritan lifestyle. The author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ uses his creativity to throw a spotlight on Puritan ideals and political systems. These ideals and political systems have shaped a large portion of our current cultural and moral expectations. For instance‚ the puritan forms of discipline‚ which Hawthorne hopes to detract from‚ including public shame‚ being set apart from the rest of society‚ and the shame that the main
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sign of nature’s pity for them. Hawthorne says in the end of chapter one‚ " Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative‚ which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal‚ we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers and present it to the reader. It may serve‚ let us hope‚ to symbolize some sweet moral blossom‚ that may be found along the track‚ or relieve the darkening close tale of human frailty and sorrow.” In the book‚ Hawthorne also uses the rosebush to symbolize
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The Meaning Of The Title “Our Secret”‚ A Chapter From “A Chorus Of Stones” by Susan Griffin Truth is possibly one of the most powerful forces in humanity. Truth has the power to set people free‚ change lives and end them. Because of this‚ the truth is usually feared and often concealed. In Susan Griffin’s “Our Secret”‚ the concealing of the truth become a major theme in the advancement of the plot‚ and also carries the meaning to the work’s title. The title of “Our Secret” refers to the secrets
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Susan Willis is a very intelligent woman that is an English Professor at the University of Duke. Even though she has a high intellect‚ Willis often views her surroundings through a skewed point of view. Because Willis is a communist‚ she tries to belittle anything positive about a democratic organization. Having such a biased opinion makes Susans remarks fairly invalid. At the very beginning of Willis’s essay she says “spontaneity is so great that spontaneity itself has been programmed.”Not even
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Life is a Work of Art “You were red. You liked me because I was blue. You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac and you decided that purple just wasn’t for you.” In the story “Magdalena Looking”‚ by Susan Vreeland‚ I think the theme is life is a work of art because it is lived in color and many events in life portray themselves in artsy ways. For Magdalena‚ here world is in vibrant lively colors. She looks at water and does not see the color blue or green. She sees aquamarine‚ turquoise‚ magenta
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