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Nathaniel Hawthorne, born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass., had a grandfather who served as a judge during the Salem witch trials. His original surname was spelled “Hathorne.” Upon completing college, he altered the spelling of his name by appending a “w” to correspond with its pronunciation. Hawthorne possessed an aversion towards school and…

The Kreutzer Sonata, named after Beethoven’s violin sonata no. 9, is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy in 1889. As the anti-hero, Pozdnyshev, relays his life story to the audience on the train, he introduces a conflict between human nature and spirituality, what one is versus what one should strive to be, and challenges the…

In F. S. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, themes, characters, and motifs are skillfully employed to create one of the most renowned novels ever written. The story centers around the quest for love in a difficult society. Fitzgerald presents different facets of life, encompassing both the affluent and the destitute, as well as those falling in…

“Isolation is a dream killer” (Barbara Sher). In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, a group of stranded kids on an island must learn to survive by hunting pigs and building shelters. As they engage in the process of hunting, the children’s behavior turns cruel and they descend into barbarism. Golding’s intent is to…

In Nathaniel Hawthorn ’ s The Scarlet Letter, the Puritans invariably look down upon evildoers like Hester Prynne, both literally and symbolically. The usage of the three scaffold scenes throughout the class of the novel proved to be an effectual method in turn outing this theory and demoing how Puritan society differs from that of…

Bleak House Bleak House is a twin narrative. It faces in two directions (past and present); it incorporates two worlds (private and public); and it is told in two voices, one of which is serious, often pained, or realistic, the other parodic, playful, and deliberately artificial. Their mixture produces uncanny and undecidable effects. Bleak House,…

Key characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are affiliated with misconstrued opinions of them by fellow members of the society, naturally due to their first impressions. Whether they may be shallow opinions or opinions which highly regard one’s character; it is safe to say that their impressions are nine out of ten wrongfully bestowed….

Daisy Buchanan, a character in The Great Gatsby, exemplifies moral ambiguity. She is Nick’s cousin residing in East Egg, and she is described as attractive and charming. Her captivating voice is likened to a “wild tonic in the rain” while Fitzgerald also characterizes her as vacuous. Initially, it is revealed that Daisy’s husband, Tom, is…

Character AnalysisRosencrantz and Guildentstern are two characters that are courtiers and they assist the King of Denmark in his plots against Hamlet. The Two characters are so similar in many ways they should be considered as a unit. King Claudius and the Queen asked Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to come to Denmark and spy on Hamlet….

During American’s antebellum period, citizens struggled to define themselves In a rapidly changing world. Questions concerning religious doctrines, the morality of slavery, and the definition of liberty abounded. The Revolutionary War had provided America with her Independence, but she still was a young child struggling to find her own identity. America was also heading rapidly…