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…The first chapter of The Scarlet Letter introduces us to the prison door. We are immediately introduced to the prison door to prove that evil and death are unavoidable. It is very appropriate that Hawthorne opens the novel with the prison door…

…The fate of all characters in The Scarlet Letter was determined by Hawthorne’s revealing statement in the middle of the novel. This impenetrable truth dictates the behavior of the characters in the entire story. The public and the hierarchy…

…The Black Man of the Forest: A Literary Analysis Essay Of The Scarlet Letter In almost every story there are forces of good and evil that are in conflict. The most dangerous of these evils are those that are not obvious. In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet…

…Scarlet Letter-Secret Theme One of the main themes in The Scarlet Letter is that of the secret. The plot of the book is centered around Hester Prynne’s secret sin of adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne draws striking parallelism between secrets held…

…Letter from Birmingham Jail Analysis In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King discuses the laws of segregation and the morals behind the laws in paragraphs fifteen through fifty. In this section King uses a variety of writing…

…In the novel, "The Scarlet Letter", Nathanial Hawthorne uses many double-sided symbols. The scaffold is an important symbol, appearing in three key scenes. It epitomizes the three stages of the story, as the second appearance of the scaffold is one…

…The Minister's Anguish Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a compelling story which explores the inner emotions of the human mind, spirit, and the heart. Set around the 1640s in a Boston Puritan society, it focuses on the moral issue…

…The Merchant’s Wife, A Letter In “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”, the author Li Po uses the Dramatic Poem style to show the character. He takes on the persona of the young girl who marries the River-Merchant. Throughout the poem, the girl…

….17: 179). Hester fully acknowledges her guilt and displays it with pride to the world. This was obvious by the way she displays the scarlet letter with elaborate designs showing that she is proud. Furthermore, she does not want to live a life of lies…

…The Scarlet Letter, Hathorne's classic novel about romance and the Puritan nature, at least that's what most people think. On the other hand some educated people think that Hathorne is taking the shame of his ancestors upon himself. His earliest…