English Essays

The Scarlet Letter Analysis of Arthur Dimmesdale
The Scarlet Letter - Analysis of Arthur Dimmesdale Character Analysis of Arthur Dimmesdale The Scarlet Letter is a story of characters that have to live and deal with the effects of sin in different ways. Of these characters, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is the character portrayed as the most weak and unnoble. Despite this portrayal Dimmesdale was a stronger character than given credit for. His unbelievable amount of control in his way of handling his burdens displays hi...

The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale Analysis
The Scarlet Letter - Dimmesdale Analysis Character Analysis : Dimmesdale Dimmesdale is one of the most intriguing characters in The Scarlet Letter. I think this because he demonstrates in this story that he is a coward, and that he is strong, yet not courageous. Dimmesdale proves that he is a cowardice individual many times in The Scarlet Letter. He does this by not admitting his sin. Dimmesdale had many opportunities to admit his sin and get the guilt off his chest. Th...

The Scarlet Letter Individuality within a Puritan Society
The Scarlet Letter - Individuality within a Puritan Society Often in society people are criticized, punished and despised for their individual choices and flaws. In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author attempts to show the way society casts out individuals simply because their ideas and deeds differ from the common values. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester Prynne to symbolize that those who challenge social conformities can benefit society as a whole...

The Scarlet Letter Intolerance
The Scarlet Letter - Intolerance The Scarlet Letter By Sarah Johnston Nathaniel Hawthorne used his writing skills to appropriately show the strict intolerant ways of the disciplined Puritan America of 1850, with his novel The Scarlet Letter. This novel has become a classic, because of the accurate portrayal of the conservative Puritan ways. His novel is one of few to tell of the true Puritan lifestyle. Hawthorne explains the ways in which society cast out any individual for ...

The Scarlet Letter Pearl Belieavble or Not
The Scarlet Letter - Pearl Belieavble or Not PEARL : Believable or Not Pearl could, or could not be a believable character in The Scarlet Letter depending on how the reader interprets Pearls’ actions and speech. I plan to prove that Pearl could be believable, and that she could net be believable. Throughout the book Pearl either says or does things that are not typical of a girl of her age. After Hester talks to Chillingworth, Pearl is asked if she knows why Hester wears ...

The Scarlet Letter Plant Imagery
The Scarlet Letter - Plant Imagery Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses plant imagery to symbolize both the negative and positive character traits and to set the mood of the novel. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place during the age of Puritanism in Boston where a young and attractive Puritan woman commits adultery with the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. Chillingworth, Hesters’ husband, whom everyone thought was captured by Indians comes to town, but only Hester ...

The Scarlet Letter and The crucible
The Scarlet Letter and The crucible Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible are both distinctly different narratives of the Salem Witch trials. The Scarlet Letter is a novel and The Crucible is a play. While The Scarlet Letter deals mainly with the sin of adultery, The Crucible mainly deals with witchcraft. Both have obvious similarities like the setting and the crime, however, one of the greatest similarities between the two is the ...

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter It is easy to be a follower and it is another to be a leader, especially a leader of something that society disapproves of. Human nature and the law are always at battle in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The law, which restrains humanity from being free-spirited and shameless, is constantly conflicting with nature, the human body, its mind and heart. Henry Thoreau would strongly agree that Hawthorne embraces passion and lov...

The Sheltering Sky and Blood Meridian
The Sheltering Sky and Blood Meridian Extreme circumstances bring about substantial changes in people. At least that is what Paul Bowles and Cormac McCarthy seem to be saying in the writing of their respective books, The Sheltering Sky and Blood Meridian. Both authors place their characters in difficult locations, dealing with difficult people and expect them to emerge changed, for better or for worse. In The Sheltering Sky, Bowles takes his American trio and places them in ...

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman Separation In the book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman, a child named Lia Lee is taken away from her parents by Child Protective Services and placed in foster care. Because they aren’t giving her medication for epilepsy. Although resulting in some medical benefits those benefits were lost because of destructive psychological and emotional damage to Lia. Dr. Neil Ernst decided to call child ...

The Stand by Steven King
The Stand by Steven King Book Review This is a book review about the book “THE STAND” by Steven King. I had to do the review about The Stand instead of “Cujo” by Steven King for the reason that I could not get the book from the person that lent it to me. The novel is about a virus or a diease that kill off all the people in the USA, they dont say if the whole planet is dead!! The only survivers are about 100 people that live in a little town. These p...

The Stranger A Communication Theorist View
The Stranger - A Communication Theorist View Throughout history people have been judged on their color of skin, gender, social status and physical characteristics. What makes people judge others? Could it the way they were raised, or maybe their culture that they have lived in had an influence on how they judge people. I think that those might have an influence, but I think the human race is inherently judgmental. Communication theorist have say that the way we perceive some...

The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Stranger by Albert Camus In The Stranger, Albert Camus portrays Meursault, the book’s narrator and main character, as aloof, detached, and unemotional. He does not think much about events or their consequences, nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions to the people and events described in the book. After his mother’s death he sheds no tears; seems to show no emot...

The Outsiders by SE Hinton
The Outsiders by SE Hinton In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author’s style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, and about the author. The author wrote the story when she was just 16 years old, in the 1950s. The book was successful, and it was sold, and still being sold, in many c...

The Parable of the Doorkeeper
The Parable of the Doorkeeper The Parable is simple and straightforward. It foreshadows the death of K. Although that is not all it does. The character of the doorkeeper is the interesting one. He is made up of all the characters that K has interacted with, thatt have to do with his case. The doorkeeper is a blend of the warders, the Inspector, the washer-woman, the distrist judge, the lawyer and the two men who kill him. The story is an easy giveaway. It tells K what has happ...

The Pardoners Tale
The Pardoner’s Tale 1216 Literature Essay Geoffrey Chaucers’ “The Pardoner’s Tale” is a good example of a creative work that uses an exemplum. The tale taught that good greed was the root of all evil, and betrayal was wrong. What really made this tale a great one was Chaucer’s use of symbolism to get his points across? The story has three rioters that swear brotherhood in Christ to each other, making that the ideal unselfish relationship. Their mission is ...

The Pearl Greed
The Pearl - Greed Ever since Midas’ lust for gold, it appears to be that manhas acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest,and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. Theyare all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are thebase for their own destruction, and the destruction of society.Steinbeck’s “The Pearl” is a study of man’s self destruction through greed. Juana, the faithful wife of Kino, a paltry peasant ...

The Pearl How Greed Destroys People
The Pearl - How Greed Destroys People Ever since Midas’ lust for gold, it appears that man has acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest, and the doctor in John Steinbeck’s novel “The Pearl” have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and in turn are the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck’s “The Pearl” is a study of man’s self-destruction th...

The Pearl
The Pearl MATERIAL SOCIETY, MATERIAL THOUGHTS Ever since Midas’ lust for gold, it appears to be that man has acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest, and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck’s “The Pearl” is a study of man’s self destruction through greed. Juana, the fai...

The Perils of Obedience and The Case for Torture Essays
The Perils of Obedience and The Case for Torture Essays Since childhood, one of the wisest adages that parents have drilled into our minds is to always take responsibility for our actions. However as children there have been many times when we feel as though we are not responsible for a wrong doing, just because someone else takes the blame. In reality only we know if we our responsible or not. For example as a child I was playing ball inside the house with my older cousin, and ...

The Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War The Persian Gulf War The war in the Persian Gulf was a war of religious favor, cruel leadership, and greed. Desert Storm or more commonly known ass The Golf War was the same type of war that had accrued in this area for many years except for one fact. In Operation Desert Storm, it was a mix of sophisticated technology and the combined leadership and cooperation from the coalition that was used to end the war in a quick and timely manner. Which in the en...

The Personality of Jane Eyre
The Personality of Jane Eyre Jane Eyre was an exceptionally strong, intelligent, and independent woman for her time. She was extremely well educated and worked hard to become more so by studying on her own and teaching herself by reading books. She stood up for herself and what she believed in and always spoke her mind. She always did what she believed in even if that meant having to leave the men she loved. She willfully dragged herself through hell and back just to uphold ...

The Picture of Dorain Gray
The Picture of Dorain Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of moral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel, the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young Dorian Gray with a portrait of himself. After conversing with cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes a wish which dreadfully affects his life forever. “If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything! Yes, there i...

The Plague by Albert Camus
The Plague by Albert Camus The novel that I chose to do this report on was, “The Plague”, by Albert Camus. It is about a plague that hit the European countries in the middle ages. I chose to describe the literary term of parallelism. Here are some following facts about the story’s plot that involve parallelism through the novel. The novel begins at Oran where the plague becomes known. The main character, Dr. Gernard Rieux, is a doctor. In the beginning of the s...

The Plague
The Plague The Plague In “The Plague”, Albert Camus creates many characters who all deal with the plague in their own way, but only Tarrou acts heroically. Rieux comes close to a hero, but he fights the plague because it’s expected of him and shows that he is not, at the end of the book. Besides Rieux and Tarrou, none of the other characters show any heroism to the plague, except the sanitation squad under Tarrou. Tarrou shows how to heroically deal with ...