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…might call a quiet "devotional" time, an opportunity to prepare one's heart for what is about to occur. The service itself began with the Shema. This Hebrew word means "hear," and it is the first word in the most fundamental Jewish creed: "Hear, O Israel…

…of his sin from being known. As his conscience continues to consume all that is his very essence, Arthur Dimmesdale illustrates Hawthorne’s theme of a sin-stained conscience and redemption only through truth. The novel begins to delve into the heart…

…Do You Have A Dream ? There was an old farmer. He already lost much power living by himself and he is alone. To him, a last severe winter was like the time of darkness. Now he is ready to meet the spring in order to plant some potatoes…

…worse than Hester’s. The combination of his guilt and his strong devotion to God forces Dimmesdale to “laugh in bitterness and agony of heart at the contrast between what I seem and what I am” (158). Because of these feelings, he becomes physically “haggard…

…Hawthorne describes the citizens in such a negative tone. Another character that the narrator depicts with much detail is Hester. While describing her, he writes, “She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam…

…, all of which refine this first one. From what part of the cosmos could the tiger's fiery eyes have come, and who would have dared to handle that fire? What sort of physical presence, and what kind of dark craftsmanship, would have been required to "twist…

…hears the news of her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard’s personality seems to play a dual role. On one side she portrays a loving and caring wife who is heart broken by the news of the death of her husband. On the other hand, she also portrays a woman who, when…

…that my own friends bestowed upon me. However, I knew that I would meet my father some day: the father that I had so longed for. On January 19, 1994, my flight to America took off at approximately three in the morning. Outside, the sky was still dark. Stars…

…the heart muscle contract efficiently. This muscle consists of tightly knit bundles of cells, interwoven that provide for a characteristic wave or contraction, that leads to a ringing out of the heart ventricle. A unique characteristic is the presence of dark…

…, Nick Adams in "Big Two-Hearted River," and the old man in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" as "Hemingway code heroes." Fighting on foreign soil for a country not his own is the setting where young Frederic Henry plays an all too real and meaningless "game…