Category: Fiction

Romeo And Juliet: Fiction, Or A Message In A Bottle? Romeo and Juliet is a play from the world famous playwright William Shakespeare, the first time I was told to read it, I sort of sat there with a blank face, the YouTube buffering symbol in my eyes, and one question, wot. Okay, so, Romeo…

Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter: A Preview of the Early Modern Age Abstract The impact of the traditions of the sublime and the picturesque upon American painting and the literature of the Romantic period has been frequently examined, but the importance of these traditions in determining the structure and elements of The Scarlet Letter, one of…

The Scarlet Letter: Fed To The Rules And You Hit The Ground Running Puritans arent anything like Americans today and there are many reasons as to why. Hester Prynne, a young Puritan unlike the rest, committed the sin of adultery. Throughout the book, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the story of Hester unfolds. The…

The Affective Absurdity in The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne, a great famous writer in the United Stated, was born a serious Puritanism family, his ancestors are prominent in the Puritan theocracy of 17th New England, thus readers can know Puritanism in his work. However, he expressed his different viewpoint in his works like The Scarlet…

Motifs of Darkness and Light in The Scarlet Letter The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the life of a Puritan woman named Hester Prynne who commits adultery. Hawthorne uses the repetition of various motifs throughout the novel because he wants to convey to the reader that sin should not prevent a person…

Sense of Sin and Love in Scarlet Letter Sin and the meaning of sin is one of the main themes that appear from the first chapter since the discovery of history and the scarlet letter. However, sin not only means an act against accepted religious norms, but also a rebellion against social traditions. The passionate…

The Representation of Woman and her Life in The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthornes famous The Scarlet Letter is a composition that held a lot of meaningful perspectives exploring the seventeenth century. The Scarlet Letter was originally published in 1850 by Hawthorne pointing out the hypocrisy that the Puritans did and the number of people who…

The Guilt Ridden Man: Guilt’s Effect on Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter The fresco painting, The Fall and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, created by Michelangelo and painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, depicts the biblical story of Adam and Eve and their sin against God, due to the temptation in the…

The Scarlet Letter: Living and Thriving in a Mans World A tale as old as time, the role of both man and women have long been set. These roles have been given that if not met, are faced with serious judgement. Standards have been held for as long as time has been recorded. Recent years…

The Scarlet Letter: Societal Stereotypes and Identity Our identity is fictional, written by parents, relatives, education, and society. Parents and relatives form children to follow their principles. Society demands that we present an identity that can be comfortably cataloged. We are no longer accepted for ourselves. Judgment based on culture, religion and a plethora of…