Drapier's Letters

Michael Finkel’s article about the life of a true hermit from society reflects the sense of self that Cooley describes. Cooley describes sense of self as the imagination of appearance to others while aware of the feeling of self and the feeling of judgment from appearance. The Hermit had not engaged in a conversation, nor seen another person in nearly ten years;however, he did have contact as a thief. The Hermit could not survive without contact with others which was limited to observing and…

This Fabliaux portrays male sexual desire as necessary even by the means of adultery. This is because the priest needs to overcome the wife, whose insatiable sexuality made her a worthy adversary. This is what helped tolerate adultery. (Clark 64) The priest gets the drunken husband to lay on the floor and then the wife on top of him. The priest then sets out to complete what he came there to do: “Then, as a favour to the woman, lifts her skirts/ and over those two he inverts/ her, and between…

The essay, “On The Scarlet Letter” by D.H. Lawrence, analyzes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s portrayal of the main character, Hester Prynne, whom Lawrence believes is a sinner. Lawrence believes Hester is the primary character at fault for the events in and preceding the novel. To illustrate the idea that Hester is a villain, Lawrence uses short, choppy syntax, repetition, and both Biblical and secular allusion to help him prove his point drawing attention to Hester’s role in the adulterous crime.…

The theme that was expressed by Nathaniel Hawthorne was Dark Romanticism. The author uses this story to convey that appearance doesn’t correlate with character. Dark Romanticism is the thought that nature is both good and evil. This is can be expressed by Dark Romanticism because Beatrice’s appearance is pretty while her character is poisoned or dark. This is expressed throughout the story because Beatrice had two sides to her a pretty side and a dark side, which was poisoned by her father. Some…

nothing at all to lose; In taking on the mantel of her sin, Hester loses her beauty. This change is brought on by the constant judgement of her town, bearing down upon her breast -- embodied by the scarlett letter. This brings forth an interesting dichotomy: Hester’s willingness to bear the scarlet letter is a point of pride and strength, but simultaneously acts as a leech for her physical beauty and warm disposition. When Hester is finally able to shed the weight of her sin and her brand falls…

From these letters the one that interest me is III and V, but the “Customary Education and Employment of the inhabitants of Nantucket” stood out. The element talks about the early teaching of a child in benevolent conduct, religion, finance, and trade. Customary education…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne employs a wide variety of dichotomies, but arguably the most important example--the classic “public versus private” dichotomy--is a reoccurring theme, commanding the reader’s attention amidst a colorful amalgamation of appealing messages and thematic concerns. As the story documents the characters’ behavior as public values, regarding social and cultural ideas, and private tendencies shape it, Hawthorne indicates that a balance or agreement of the force…

The E Word: Existentialism Remember, do not call out the philosophy-that-shall-not-be-named. This taboo shames the Roman stories about heroes and insults life as it is. What is life without a purpose, determined before birth? What will the world be with wandering inhabitants, nonchalantly wasting air because there are no set paths for these poor souls? There has to be a predestined purpose for these devastated creatures, so they can peacefully pass on,content that they accomplished a goal. This…

Passion expressed and confessed clearly brings peace and love, but passion repressed undoubtedly brings guilt suffering and death. Passion brings peace and love to Hester because she expresses and confesses passion clearly to others. In the early years of Hester’s punishment the magistrates of the colony demand to take Pearl away from Hester because they believe Hester is unable to raise Pearl in a Puritanical way. This is because Hester has sinned and because Pearl was unable to answer how…

A true contemporary of the modern era, Hester Prynne was cast into the 17th century Puritan America in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne as a foreigner of the times. Immediately speculated as an adulteress for bearing a child with no known father in the community, Hester Prynne is expelled from society. Hester, although ridiculed and alienated, emerges as the representative of the new female image. She defies the status quo as a proponent of feminism and individuality, a product of her…