Scarlet Macaw

Although paternal twins may not look alike, most of the time they have similar characteristics. That is the case in the short stories The Birthmark and Rappacinni’s Daughter. In each story, Hawthorne uses a woman in each science experiment. Although not twins, Georgiana in The Birthmark and Beatrice in Rappacinni’s Daughter show comparable characteristics while also displaying differences within the each story. Georgiana is described by Hawthorne as the most beautiful and pure lady of that day…

In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale is placed in a precarious situation that continuously tears and troubles his soul. The main causes of Dimmesdale’s torn soul are actually due to Chillingworth and Pearl. While Chillingworth leads to eternal damnation, pearl leads to salvation. Arthur Dimmesdale is depicted as young, pale, and physically delicate with large melancholy eyes and a mouth suggesting sensitivity. While being a prestigious, well-educated minister, he ironically…

The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, depicts a woman’s opposition to strict Puritan society in the 1700’s. Nathaniel Hawthorne shares a story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ostracizing Hester Prynne. According to the laws of the church, adultery calls for severe punishment. Therefore, the Puritan society bestows harsh punishment unto Prynne after she commits adultery with an unknown man. Hawthorne’s choice of words indicates his disagreement with the Puritan society’s verdict of Hester…

Academic Essay Finding a poem that multiple readers can connect with can be a difficult task. Not everyone is love and not everyone has been heart broken. Philip Dacey’s poems have a relatability to multiple people and often have a message to get across to his readers. From poems about crucifix factories to bull riding, Philip Dacey has found a way to connect with his readers. “The Feet Man” is a poem about working in a factory that makes crucifixes. The narrator of the poem had the job of…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, tells the tale of a Puritan community in Massachusetts, rocked by scandal. Hester Prynne is convicted of adultery after the birth of her daughter and the disappearance of her husband three years prior. Her fellow sinner, the reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, is never discovered after Hester lies to protect him. Dimmesdale is shown under constant duress throughout the story as the guilt of what he committed builds inside of him. The pressure and stress created…

There are two types of people in life, people who change and stay the same. Each story that we read contained at least two main characters that were static and dynamic. The first story is “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. The second is “The Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and the last is “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. In these stories there are two types of characters, static such as Fortunato and dynamic such as Rainsford and Madame Loisel. The Cask of Amontillado had one…

Doodle and his brother were pretty close, but his brother was embarrassed by him. Doodle is a very young and frail boy that is not fully functional. The book “The Scarlet Ibis.” symbolizes a bird which is called a Scarlet Ibis. The bird and the boy are very similar, they both have physical weakness in there legs. With Doodles legs being weak, his brother (the narrator) is very embarrassed. His brother is very serious and very determined about his legs. He wants to help Doodle walk, which then he…

In the story called Scarlet Ibis, There are two main characters, Doodle and Brother. Doodle is a cripple kid that is around 7 years of age, and Brother is about one year older than him. Doodles only calls him that so I am not too fond of his brothers real name. Anyway, Brother is ashamed of having a crippled brother and will not take it. What Doodles brother does is pretty astonishing. He teaches him how to walk once again, so he won’t be ashamed of him anymore. Brother only ever says that he…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about Hester Prynne, who’s the protagonist. Overall, she has been branded with the letter A, which signifies adultery, for the wrong that she has done in her life. For the rest of her life, and till death, she is forced to wear forever her public shame. Now, in the society that we live in currently, people aren’t branded, but if I was branded with a letter that shows my flaw, what would it be? What letter would I have that would shame for the rest of…

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn, takes place in 1642 Boston, Massachusetts and is about a woman named Hester Prynne, who is married to Roger Chillingworth but committed adultery with the town’s Reverend, Author Dimmesdale and had a baby, named Pearl. People, in this time period, believed that adultery was one of the worst sins to commit and forced Hester to wear a scarlet letter A, on her chest, to remind her of her sin. Another American gothic novel, Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, is…