Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' / Meeting Of The Witches
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In this 2 page essay, the writer argues that even though the meeting of the witches in 'Young Goodman Brown' seemed like a very realistic occurrence, Hawthorne meant for it to be interpreted as a dream or an illusion of the devil based only upon bits and pieces of reality. This idea is explained in light of themes presented throughout the rest of the story. No other sources cited.
Filename: Ynggdbrn.rtf

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / Character Analysis Of Hester
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An 8 page paper that evaluates the role of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story. This paper considers the role of Prynne in respect to the Puritan institutions and society in which she lived and the conflict that was inherent between her personal morality and that of the society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Hester.wps

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / Hester's Example
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A 3 page essay which explores how Hester's alienation as a mother, wife and woman show the true expectations and moral values of Puritan society. No additional sources cited.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / Historical Significance Of Adultery
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5 pages in length. Intolerance towards acts of adultery was alive and well, historically, during the period of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. The sexual repression and hypocrisy that reigned during the seventeenth century -- as compared with the more relaxed attitudes of today -- was evident within the Puritan culture. The writer addresses such sexual imprisonment as it relates to the mentality of that time. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Calisher, Faulkner & Irving / Change & The American Experience
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A 4 page comparison of Hawthorne ('Wash'), Irving ('Rip Van Winkle') and Calisher ('Greenwich') with regard to individuals and how they accept change. The specific subject discussed is how each felt about time (past and present) as it relates to their respective stories.
Filename: Ripvanw.wps

Emerson and Hawthorne / Future & Past America
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A 5 page essay in which writer contrasts the two writers in life and work and discusses their legacy to American culture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Natem.rtf

Emerson's and Hawthorne's Rebellion
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A 5 page paper discussing two statements: In comparing Hawthorne's statement of 'what we did had a consecration of its own—we felt it so' and Emerson's 'society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members,' there is guilt present, either in barely perceptible tones or in crashing waves that color all of the aspects of life it does not obliterate. The comparison of the two original statements does have Romantic rebellion at their centers. The difference between them is that Hester Prynne, the fictional character, was the only one prepared to live her rebellion. Hester was more a 'man' than was either Emerson or Hawthorne. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RomRebel.doc

Guilt & Adult's Treatment of Children In Literature
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A 4 page paper that explores how adults' treatment of children results in assumptions of guilt and resultant powerlessness, as imposed on children by adults and their societies. Literary works used to argue this thesis are as follows : Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery,' Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' and Kerouac's 'On the Road.'
Filename: Growup.wps

Hawthorne vs. Faulkner / Family Deterioration and Moral Corruption
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An 11 page paper on this theme present in the works of Hawthorne and Faulkner., The writer explores various novels by these two authors and points to the common thread found in each of their novels. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Hawthorne vs. Faulkner / House of the Seven Gables & The Sound and the Fury
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In this 5 page essay, the writer compares these two novels (the first by Hawthorne and the latter by Faulkner). Thesis analyzed the similarities in the fall of each family in the works.
Filename: Hawfaulk.wps

Hawthorne vs. Faulkner / Human Psychology in 'Scarlet Letter' & 'Santuary'
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A 3 page paper on these two works by Hawthorne and Faulkner, respectively. The writer examines the psychological aspects of human nature in society's treatment of the two main characters in these works.
Filename: Humpsych.wps

Hawthorne vs. Faulkner / The Role of Women
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A 4 page paper on Hawthorne and Faulkner's perception of women. The writer discusses how these two authors portray goodness and sin in their characters in the works, Light in August, Sound and the Fury and The Marble Faun.
Filename: Hfwomen.wps

Hawthorne vs. Poe / Dark But Not Necessarily Gothic
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A 5 page paper discussing two stories of Poe's : 'Ligeia,' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' and Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil' in light of the Gothic tradition of the nineteenth century. The paper concludes that Poe's stories are Gothics and Hawthorne's is not because Hawthorne is trying to influence the reader's conscious mind through parable and Poe is going for the unconscious mind through fear. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Ligeia1.rtf

Hawthorne's 'The Blithedale Romance' / Zenobia & Margaret Fuller
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A 5 page paper looking at the question of why Hawthorne based this unattractive character in The Blithedale Romance on one of the leading feminists of the nineteenth century. The paper chronicles their acquaintance through Brook Farm and the transcendentalist movement, and shows how this was reflected in Hawthorne's book. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Zenfull.rtf

Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' vs. Melville's 'Benito Cereno' / Enslavement
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A 5 page essay which compares and contrasts the theme of enslavement from the authors' view of the slaver, the enslaved and the revolutionary. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Scarbeni.doc

Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter
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John Reiss, in his assessment of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, has argued that the main characters allegorically represent philosophical and religious concepts. This 4 page paper argues that Pearl, the daughter of Hester and Dimmsdale, represents the hope and salvation that comes after sin. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Head versus Heart in Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”
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A five page paper contrasting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s heroine Hester Prynne and the novel’s villain Roger Chillingworth. The paper argues that Hester, driven by the forces of goodness, is led by her heart; and Chillingworth, driven by the forces of evil, is led by his head. Bibliography lists two sources.
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