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Scarlet LetterAdultery, betrayal, promiscuity, subterfuge, and intrigue, all of which wouldmake an excellent coming attraction on the Hollywood scene and probably a prettygood book. Add Puritan ideals and writing styles, making it long, drawn out,tedious, wearisome, sleep inducing, insipidly asinine, and the end result is TheScarlet Letter. Despite all these . . . Read more
Scarlet LetterThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the heroine is admired because of herstrong will, and disregard for other’s views of her. Hester Pryne displays herbest qualities when she stands up to Governor Bellingham and his gang, when theyconfront her about her daughter Pearl. Hester is a woman that is . . . Read more
Scarlet LetterThe achievement of simplicity in life never occurs because things are notsimple, but manifold, being viewed differently, and speaking more than onepurpose. Nathaniel Hawthorne journeys to seventeenth century Boston andintroduces Hester Prynne as he makes his awareness of this idea evident. ThroughThe Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne presents the complexity of . . . Read more
Scarlet LetterHester Prynne was a beautiful, young, tall woman with shiny dark hair, piercingblack eyes, and a beautiful complexion. She was living in Amsterdam with herhusband, Roger Chillingworth, until he sent her to America alone while hecleared up business matters. In America, Hester had a love affair with ReverendArthur Dimmesdale . . . Read more
Nina Gibbs11.15.2013AP US HistoryDBQDocument A Many slaves escaped to the South as the Union troops arrived. African men, women, and children slaves’ actions urged the government to deal with slavery. This letter displays the pressure the Union was under in deciding what to do with escaped slaves.In the early civil . . . Read more
The SnatchersHarry leaned against the burnout car while he adjusted the strap from the bag around his neck. The hike was up hill, just out of Godric’s Hollow. Harry and Hermione was a mile from town, from the old freeway, where they could see all the way down upon the . . . Read more
Hester’s DevotionThe Romantic movement in American literature greatly expanded the love story genre. In Hawthorne’s novel TheScarlet Letter he writes of adultery in a Puritan village. The story deals with the relationship between Hester Prynne,a young bride awaiting her husband, and Arthur Dimmsdale, an inspired Puritan minister who is beloved . . . Read more
To say that I loved you with all my heart wouldn’t suffice. Over the time that I’ve had the privilege of getting to know and grow close to you I’ve discovered a happiness that I never knew existed. From the moment I saw you I knew that I wanted you . . . Read more
The Merchant of Venice is a play set in a very male and Christian dominated society where other religions and women rights weren’t very well accepted by the community. However Portia, a rich woman who had previously been controlled by men, triumphs as she manipulates tricks and saves the lives . . . Read more
Letter from Birmingham Jail (Rhetorical Strategies)Since ancient times, promoters of justice have brought into play rhetorical strategies to persuade their opponents. On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter regarding the criticism several clergymen made, stating that the movements of nonviolent resistance to racism from Dr. King . . . Read more