The Crucible And The Scarlet Letter: Proctor And Dimmesdale's Sacrifices
.... this sacrifice, he has balanced
all the sins he has made. Therefore, he has redeemed himself and kept his
soul.
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale sacrificed his reputation in order to gain
inner peace. Dimmesdale has been tortured by himself as well as
Chillingworth. Chillingworth felt the need to torture the man who
committed adultery with Hester, his wife. Dimmesdale felt guilty for not
confessing his crime when Hester was on the scaffold. The only way he
could remove this guilt was to confess his crime, and ruin his reputation
with the townspeople. Even though he died almost immediately after his
confession, he won the res .....
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Twain's" A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" Satire
.... the absurdness of the
ideals of Chivalry. When Camelot is looked at from the standpoint of
twentieth century practicality, it looks so absurd that it is
funny(Robinson 184). An excellent example of this can be found in the
banquet which the Knights of the Round Table attend and at which Hank is
sentenced. The knights, supposed pillars of Chivalry, sit around the table
discussing their own deeds, drinking, and embellishing the facts of events
which had taken place. The Knights also partake in activities that we
would label as childish, such as the amusement over the dog chasing its
tail(Twain 24-25). The passage emphasizes th .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Forms Of Punishment
.... punishment. I knew that it
was unorthodox in today's society and I still beleive it.
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The Scarlet Letter: Chapter By Chapter Review And Analysis
.... which would lock
a person's head and hands together where they could not move and be forced
to not be able to show their humiliation. “No outrage more flagrant to
forbid the culprit to hide his face from shame,” is in Hawthorne's
commentary on page 53.
Hawthorne's commentary appears twice on this page (about more than
one topic) and you can see them in my highlighted sections. What really
got to me was the second highlighted section on that page where Hawthorne
is comparing/contrasting the nurturing image of a mother and her son to
Prynne. The passage speaks of Prynne's sin tainting the image, therefore
the crowd was lost f .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Puritans Are Wrong In Thinking That Pearl Is Wicked
.... [and] uproot[s] most unmercifully [the] ugliest weeds"(87) which she
pretends are the Puritan children. Hester believes that Pearl is so
emotional and temperamental because the passion which Hester and
Dimmesdale experienced during their sinful act somehow transferred into
Pearl's soul. However, Pearl's antipathy for the Puritans is justified; the
children often torment her for no good reason. When Hester and Pearl go
into town, the Puritan children stop playing and either surround Pearl and
stare at her or prepare to hurl mud at the unfortunate pair. Both actions
by the Puritans result in a fit of outrage by Pearl. One reason that .....
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Huck Finn: Twain's Cynic Point Of View
.... Their journey down the river sets the
stage for most of Mark Twain's comments about man and society. It is when
they stop off at various towns along the river that various human character
flaws always seem to come out.
Examples of this would include the happenings after the bringing on of
the Duke and King. These two con artists would execute the most
preposterous of schemes to relieve unsuspecting townspeople of their cash.
The game of the King pretending to be a reformed marauder-turned-missionary
at the tent meeting showed that people are gullible and often easily led,
particularly when in groups and subjected to peer press .....
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The Scarlet Letter: A Review
.... I shall attempt to look more deeply into the
nature of the literary experience, and to explore implications for problems
of literary theory. . ." I think that Rosenblat would agree with me that
it might not be literature in my own sense, but on the larger scale,
literature it is.
II. At the beginning of the second semester, each individual in our
English class with Dr. Taylor wrote a small definition of what literature
was; it is this that I refer to for most of this section. Literature is
ideas and thoughts written down with a purpose. "Not a purpose like making
a shopping list, but rather to bring forth emotion from your r .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Background
.... Pearl and the return of her husband
Roger Chllingworth.
The uses of the "theory of Romance" by Hawthorn follows an order.
The order is initiated by Hawthorn looking for to write on a serious topic.
The topic is the adultery of Hester, Pearls birth, the revenge by
Chillingworth and the hypocrisy of Dimmesdale. Then he chooses the setting
of his characters "On the outskirst of town, within the verge of the
peninsula, but not in close vicinity to any other habitation, there was a
small thatched cottage."3 The small cottage is Hester's home which is
isolated from society. This is a characteristic of a heroic character which
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An Analysis Of The Effects Of Spiritual Visitations On Scrooge
.... was the Cratchit's who seemed to be more grateful
towards Scrooge, a man who gave them barely enough money to buy food and
shelter, then they really should have been. At first when Scrooge sees Bob
stand to toast him he's almost filled with pride or at least an enlarged
ego, but when Mrs. Cratchit says in a fit of rage "I'll drink his health
for your sake, and the Day's, not for his. Long life to him! A merry
Christmas and a happy New Year! He'll be very merry and very happy I have
no doubt!" (Dikens, 80) Scrooge is only reminded of what he is and what he
may end up as.
The third and final ghost brings Scrooges own fear of his .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, But Can We Live With Them?
.... Dimmesdale. This is why Hester
makes Chillingworth promise not to kill her lover if he finds out his
identity. Chillingworth deserves to know who slept with his wife,
although Hester should not have had to tell him. I think that Dimmesdale
should have admitted that he was Pearl's father. Today, if a priest
admitted such a crime, he would probably be sent to jail. However, in the
novel, had Dimmesdale confessed, the townsfolk would have liked him even
more. Hester also has to live with, and conceal, the secret that the
scholar, Chilling worth, is her husband. When he comes to visit her in
jail he says, "Thou hast kept the se .....
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Great Expectations Vs. Oliver Twist
.... simple request, "the master (at the orphanage) aimed a blow at
Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and shrieked aloud
for the beadle."3
The whole beginning of Oliver Twist's story was created from memories
which related to Charles Dickens' childhood in a blacking factory ( which
was overshadowed by the Marshalsea Prison ).4 While working in the blacking
factory, Dickens suffered tremendous humiliation. This humiliation is
greatly expressed through Oliver's adventures at the orphanage before he is
sent away.
Throughout his lifetime, Dickens appeared to have acquired a fondness
for "the bleak, th .....
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Sense And Sensibility: A Summary
.... vibrant love
of life and playful. To fully understand the girls, it is important to see
how other character viewed them.
Edward Ferrars, the object of Elinor's affection (though she would
never show it) is quoted as saying Miss Dashwoods friendship the most
important of his life. This is a considerable compliment (even if it isn't
what Elinor wants to hear at the time) coming from a man as highly esteemed
as Mr. Ferrars . Elinor is viewed by her mother and her two sisters as a
saving grace, someone to depend on. To a certain extent this is true, but
Elinor also has problems and she doesn't quite know how to let people know .....
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