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In the poem “ Imagine the Angels of Bread” , the author shows the inequality and injustices in the world. Reflecting on what is happening now and in the past. Those who don’t have much is given everything and those who have inflicted pain will have pain themselves. The world Espanda made is in which everything bad is equaled out from the good. The role reversal are really sets the tone. The author states , “ that squatters evict landlords, gazing like admirals from the rail of the roof deck “.…

One of the five stages of grief is denial. It is widely shown in literature. The common theme between The Scarlet Letter and “The Yellow Wall-paper” is not being able to accept the truth. In The Scarlet Letter, Mr. Dimmesdale has hard time accepting the fact that he committed a sin and in “The Yellow Wall-paper”, the narrator doesn’t think she is crazy but she is. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mr Dimmesdale struggles accepting or facing that he committed a sin with Hester Prynne.…

Scarlet Letter and Crucible Essay To listen to your conscience rather than society's norms is often an unpopular opinion, especially in a religious environment. However, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller argue just that, in their renowned literary works The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. The Scarlet Letter the life of Hester Prynne, a woman who commits adultery with the town’s minister Dimmesdale, while The Crucible reminds us of the the Salem Witch Trials with John Proctor, a farmer who…

The Right to Judge In the book, “A Scarlet Letter”, it seems that many people were quick to judge Hester for the things they thought she did. Whether what the people thought about her were true or not, they quickly made up their minds about who they thought she was. During the time period of this book, adultery was one of the most shameful crimes that could have been committed. The town’s perception of Hester after her adultery makes it hard for her to live a life of normalcy. One of the…

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing in order to broadcast to the community that she has sinned. Throughout the novel the letter’s meaning begins to change. While it originally stood for “Adulterer”, it has begun to stand for “Able” instead, due to Hester’s acceptance of her sin and talent in embroidery. In the beginning of the novel after Hester is convicted and forced to wear the “A”, she is entirely shunned and scorned…

also utilizes the human psyche of guilt and fear which, in The Scarlet Letter, leads to self-destruction. Vanity can cause oneself to believe they are able to do anything. In "The Birthmark", Aylmer faces the problem of removing Georgiana, his wife's, "imperfection". Aylmer, "during his toilsome youth, ... made discoveries in the elemental powers of Nature that had roused the admiration of all…

In Indian Horse, Wagamese uses irony to highlight the hypocritical nature of those who are part of the residential school. Some of this irony is immediately clear, but some is not evident until the later in the book when new information comes to light about the Father Leboutlier’s true character. The first use of irony that we can see revolves around the name of the solitary confinement cage used by the nuns to discipline children at the school. The cage, known as the “Iron Sister”, is located…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s use of flowers as a symbol demonstrates different character identities throughout the story. One way Lee symbolizes character identities is through Miss Maudie's Azaleas. At the end of chapter eight Miss Maudie says, “Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch. Gives me more yard. Just think, I’ll have more room for my azaleas now” (73). This is Miss Maudie's response after her house burnt down which demonstrates that she sees the positive qualities…

Up to this point, readers are aware of Chillingworth’s history and his purpose for returning back to New England, but have no indication of how far Roger will go to expose Pearl’s father. From chapters four to eight, Roger is known to the public eye as an expert physician with a mysterious past who had come across the Puritan town and is now treating Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale’s illness. He is a small and thin older man with a rugged face (due to the harsh conditions while being held captive by the…

Scarlet Letter Hawthorne’s use of symbolism within “The Scarlet Letter” constitutes the use of objects, characters, settings and etc. to help unfurl an extravagantly woven tale around the ‘moral’ of the book from beginning to end. Within this though Hawthorne’s use of symbolism is one at times that takes certain signature symbols within his stories and applies a different meaning of that symbol towards the characters within his stories such as the scarlet letter in this case. The scarlet letter…