Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet LetterHarold Bloom Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2007 - 209 páginas An allegorical tale of passion, adultery, guilt, and social repression, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter introduces readers to Hester Prynne, America's first fictional heroine. Hawthorne's story is a masterpiece of American fiction, and this updated volume from the Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations series explores how the author powerfully conveys its theme of the puritanical influence on societal attitudes. |
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... heart . It is " The complaint of a human heart , sorrow - laden , perchance guilty , telling its secret , whether of guilt or sorrow , to the great heart of mankind ; beseeching its sympathy or forgiveness , ... and never in vain ...
... heart . It is " The complaint of a human heart , sorrow - laden , perchance guilty , telling its secret , whether of guilt or sorrow , to the great heart of mankind ; beseeching its sympathy or forgiveness , ... and never in vain ...
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... heart as a chamber or residence , a space that only a woman can humanize and make inhabitable . He has Chillingworth observe to Hester , " My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests , but lonely and chill , and without a ...
... heart as a chamber or residence , a space that only a woman can humanize and make inhabitable . He has Chillingworth observe to Hester , " My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests , but lonely and chill , and without a ...
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... Heart ” ( again ) , Henry David Thoreau's Walden , and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin illustrate the pattern well . ... ... " The Tell - Tale Heart , " so critical an influence on chapter 10 of The Scarlet Letter , offers a ...
... Heart ” ( again ) , Henry David Thoreau's Walden , and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin illustrate the pattern well . ... ... " The Tell - Tale Heart , " so critical an influence on chapter 10 of The Scarlet Letter , offers a ...
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The APolitics of Ambiguity | 35 |
Hesters Skepticism Hawthornes Faith | 83 |
Hawthorne and the Making of the Middle Class | 109 |
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