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Throughout the first nineteen Chapters of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes The Prisoner’s Dilemma within Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth’s relationship. Hawthorne avers his knowledge of the dilemma through the chapters titled “The Interview” (Ch 4), as well as “Hester and the Physician” (Ch 14). Both of these chapters regard the relationship between Hester and Roger. The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a hypothetical idea encompassing four matrix scenarios. In each scenario two…

The final moments of Frank Borzage’s No Greater Glory are filled with sorrow, innocence, hope, and pure incandescent light. After all the bitter fighting and tragic sacrifice, the two gangs walk side by side. They aid and comfort Nemecsek’s grieving mother. And they give Nemecsek one last farewell as the battlefield around them is destroyed. In that moment, innocence trumps all. All Nemecsek wanted was to be respected by his friends. He had such devotion and innocent passion for the cause that…

The play “ A Doll's House” by Henrik Ibsen was written in 1876 , this play was contervational during its time. Nora and torvald have been married for eight years, and is seems that they are the ideal marriage couple.When Nora’s past catches up to her, forging her father's signature to borrow money to save her husband, Nora perfect “Marriage” starts to crumble, This play is split into three acts and as each act progress the plot further into the true story. In the first act we get introduced to…

Tobias Wolff's, “Hunters in the Snow”, has kept college students debating on whether it was mindlessness or malice that was Kenny’s doom since its 1980 release. Tub, Frank, and Kenny are all friends, but Kenny has the tendency to tease them about personal matters. Tub accidentally shoots Kenny and they decide to take him to the hospital, but along the way Tub and Frank bond and decide that they do not want Kenny around any longer. After Kenny was accidentally shot, Tub and Frank decide to…

Kohlberg claims that the final stage of morality is achieved during adulthood, but do our morals ever truly stop developing? In “Young Goodman Brown” and “Everyday Use”, this is certainly not the case. The protagonists in these short stories undergo dramatic changes as a result of their ethic altering experiences. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Alice Walker use relatable moral dilemmas to construct complex characters who grow beyond their abstract meanings. The authors of “Everyday Use” and “Young…

Many stories from ancient dialogues feature themes of love. These stories provide insight into ancient ideas about love. There are many differences and similarities between the way love was thought about in ancient times compared to modern times. In the ancient world Love can cause anything to happen. People go crazy, fighters refuse to fight, and love can even stop war. Medea shows ancient perspectives on love and gender. Medea goes crazy with revenge because Jason betrayed her. In Homer’s…

During the Great Depression and the modern era, people have been afraid of being an aberration. They went with the flow to ensure that no one teased them for being distinct. This is what Harper Lee emphasizes in her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Boo Radley stays inside his house to avoid being teased for his bad reputation. The Residents in Maycomb don’t want to serve on the jury because they fear being the odd one out and getting tormented by the other citizens due to their opinions not…

Opposites attract, just like magnets attract, people attract. In this case, it was not love, it was friendship. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse is seen as an outsider due to her ‘insane’ thinking and curiosity towards the world and not like other teenagers that drink and drive. While Guy Montag is the complete opposite, he is seen as a normal firefighter that does his job and does not ask any questions. Even though they are foil characters, Clarisse introduced Montag to the world of which…

When reading The Crucible, I have found that weakness, courage, and truth all occur. I have also found that it consists of revenge, and sin. The crucible gives you an idea of how things used to be, and how things were done. It gives you a mental picture of the type of crime and sin that used to be committed. You realize that people only used witchery as a form of revenge and self gain. When it comes to courage, there was one person in particular who I think of. The person I think of is…

The ideas and different lessons learned in John Steinbeck’s stories are very real, as they make you feel a part of the deep story. John Ernst Steinbeck Jr., was born February 27, 1962, in Salinas, California, as he grew up there as well. The Red Pony is a book about a boy named Jody who gets a very special horse named Gabilan. The horse sadly dies from a bad cold as Jody recovers and later finds out new mysteries about his town. The author’s style of writing explains a lot as the author writes…