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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Birthmark'
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A 5 page analysis of 'The Birthmark'-- one of Hawthorne's short stories. The writer contrasts the non-spiritual Aylmer with his spiritually sound lab assistant Aminadab. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Birthmark' / Symbolism
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A 5 page paper on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story. The writer pinpoints Hawthorne's distrust of technology as the basis for this story, in which a scientist obtains what he thinks he wants, but only by sacrificing the thing he most loved but took for granted. No additional sources cited.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The House of the Seven Gables'
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A 5 page analysis of Hawthorne's House of 7 Gables. The writer discusses the various Gothic features of the story, as well as Hawthorne's usage of other literary devices. No additional sources cited.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The House of the Seven Gables' / Realist Criticism
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A 7 page critical analysis of what a number of nineteenth-century critics said about Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel. The paper argues that Hawthorne's book was generally misrepresented and undervalued in the nineteenth century because critics read it in the light of the Realist movement. Bibliography lists ten sources.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil'
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A 5 page paper discussing the symbolism in Hawthorne's short story. Discusses how the veil not only symbolizes the darker side of our being and how we keep it hidden, but how it is also symbolic of our tendency to look only at the surface of another person. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'
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A 5 page research paper describing the Scarlet Letter from a feminist viewpoint. The writer discusses how the Scarlet Letter reflects the stereotype of women as either good or evil, and how its reflected in the main character of Hester Prynne. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / A Feminist Perspective
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A 15 page analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's treatment of women in his novels and short stories. The paper concludes that despite the fact that Hawthorne created one strong female protagonist -- The Scarlet Letter's Hester Prynne -- in general he was uncomfortable with strong women, and most of his positive female characters have no real identity of their own. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / Head vs. Heart
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An 8 page paper examining the conflict of head versus heart in terms of the larger dichotomy of Romanticism versus Realism in this classic work by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The paper looks specifically at two passages: the description of the eagle on the Custom House in the Introduction, and Dimmesdale's meeting with Hester in Chapter 17, to show how Hawthorne's innate romanticism is played out in his writing, resulting in a preference of heart over head. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / Influence On Feminism
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This 8 page paper explores the impact of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel, The Scarlet Letter upon the feminist movement of the mid-nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on the writings of Margaret Fuller.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / Isolation
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This 7 page paper explores how Nathaniel Hawthorne isolates his characters physically, mentally and socially in his classic 1850 novel, The Scarlet Letter. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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