Dudley–Winthrop family

In the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, sin and redemption is an occuring theme. The main character, Dorian Gray, commits plenty of sins and has the opportunities for redemption, however, when Dorian tries to atone for his wrongdoings he is unsuccessful. Dorians’ underlying intentions keeps him from redemption, due to his hedonistic views. In the beginning of the novel, Dorian is portrayed as a young and innocent boy that is easily influenced by Lord Henry, a character with a…

From the deserts of Egypt in the third century up to the modern-day masses of the Catholic church, Christians have warned the human race of committing any of the seven deadly sins. Despite many, including non-Christians, believing these sins to be the folly of mankind, humans continue to proudly commit the capital vices time and time again. In fact, the entirety of the United States has a reputation centered around some of these cardinal sins, including gluttony, pride, and most notably, greed.…

Wuthering Heights is a “wild” place with wide open areas, a wet place and also with infertile land. Furthermore, Wuthering Heights can be: The Moors. At the beginning of the novel Heathcliff and Catherine lived there. Later in the story Catherine marries Edgar Linton and started living at Trushcross Grange. On the other hand, Thrushcross Grange its a more advanced area, with people with better manners. Its a town were we can call people: civilized. At Thrushcross Grange, we have the Linton’s.…

The Name Game Hidden behind their physical names, certain character’s names have a deeper, more intelligent meaning. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, he uses symbolism to tell a story of a woman named Hester Prynne who is married to Roger Chillingworth and then later commits adultery with a man by the name of Arthur Dimmesdale. The symbols Hawthorne uses sometimes jump right out the reader, while others might stay hidden. Whether hidden or not, most of the symbols change in…

Symbols From the Raven and Masque of the Red Death Why do authors put symbols into their stories? Well symbols can help people picture and relate to something in the story. In the stories The Raven and The Masque of the Red Death they each used three categories of symbols. They used loss of control, death, and lastly false sense of security. These three categories took the stories to the next level. It made the readers be able to picture and relate to the story in their own way. So what symbols…

The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1800s, but the book is placed in the Puritan times of the 1600s. Hawthorne is an anti-transcendentalist, which means he thinks society is good and nature is evil and humans are naturally evil. Puritanism is a very strict religion in the 1600s. If you are a Puritan you are against all earthly pleasure and your life is hell on Earth. Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols to represent ideas. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter,…

Author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, in an excerpt from his novel, “Egotism; or The Bosom Serpent,” recounts a puzzling condition that Roderick Elliston suffers from. Hawthorne’s purpose is to convey the idea that, love can also be a force of destruction that brings harm to the people who express it. He adopts a despairing tone through the use simile, repetition, and imagery which appeals to the emotions of the readers and supports Hawthorne’s purpose. Hawthorne begins his excerpt by addressing the…

The Scarlet Letter in The Scarlet Letter The Puritans during the 1600s did not take sin lightly, anyone who disobeyed the law was heavily persecuted. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this is depicted through the character, crime, and punishment of Hester Prynne, who has committed adultery and is sentenced to wear the scarlet letter to publicly show her shame. This scarlet letter A plays a key role throughout Hawthorne’s novel as it is vividly described throughout it, it…

Shame is meant to weaken a person and make them regretful, but it can also make them a stronger, more independent person motivated to make their society better. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, explores how Hester transforms her shame and successfully changes the way other people in her Puritan society perceive her. After, choosing to become an outsider living on the edge of town, Hester shows the people of Boston that she is not sinful and ashamed but is charitable and open hearted.…

Love to lust or lust to love. Love and lust are two abstract ideas associated with men and women in different ways that could potentially lead to corruption of people in power. Christianity is a religion usually accused of corruption, even though their beliefs enforce celibacy, throughout history Christianity is associated with lust. Even powerful leaders, for example a Duke, are expected to uphold high standards and follow their own laws, which coincide to the beliefs of Christianity at the…