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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... woman she is like a Lady of Shalott or a magnificent Medusa before being transformed into a gorgon : “ She had dark and abundant hair , so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam " ( 1 : 53 ) . On the scaffold this woman of ...
... woman she is like a Lady of Shalott or a magnificent Medusa before being transformed into a gorgon : “ She had dark and abundant hair , so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam " ( 1 : 53 ) . On the scaffold this woman of ...
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... woman embraces her role as Heart , he advises , these complex problems will " vanish . ” Hester's defeminized heart “ had lost its regular and healthy throb , [ she ] wandered without a clew in the dark labyrinth of mind " ( 1 : 166 ) ...
... woman embraces her role as Heart , he advises , these complex problems will " vanish . ” Hester's defeminized heart “ had lost its regular and healthy throb , [ she ] wandered without a clew in the dark labyrinth of mind " ( 1 : 166 ) ...
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... woman stained with sin , bowed down with shame , or even burdened with a life - long sorrow . The angel and apostle of the coming revelation must be a woman , indeed , but lofty , pure , and beautiful ; and wise , moreover , not through ...
... woman stained with sin , bowed down with shame , or even burdened with a life - long sorrow . The angel and apostle of the coming revelation must be a woman , indeed , but lofty , pure , and beautiful ; and wise , moreover , not through ...
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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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