Ashley Zannikos Period 9 English II Honors Exam 1/26/09 Nathaniel Hawthorns short stories‚ such as‚ Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment‚ Rappaccini’s Daughter and The Birthmark all have an underlying meaning and demonstrate a similar recurring theme. Hawthorne uses his stories to clarify his beliefs on the competition between nature‚ religion‚ and science in everyday life. In all three of his short stories he refuses the concept of science coming before religion or nature. Hawthorne
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In Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener‚ the lawyer—who also functions as a narrator— experiences internal struggle between religious morals and the modern capitalism ideas‚ but eventually chooses capitalism ideas over religious morals. Bartleby’s peculiar actions of refusing to do every activity‚ causes the narrator to view him as a mere object and pity him. The lawyer recalls the Bible and approaches Bartleby to offer him help in order to appease his own guilt of looking down on him. Through helping
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In the book In The Heart Of The Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick ‚ the men face the decision between starvation or cannibalism‚ are forced to resort to murder and cannibalism‚ all while the irony of this decision looms over their heads. Consequently‚ the events that lead to this horrific action are as tragic as horrendous as the act of cannibalism itself. On a seemingly regular whaling expedition‚ they are attacked by a sperm whale. The Essex is sunk‚ and they are forced to sail help on the remaining
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Not everyone can live a perfect life. In the story of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville‚ everything is complex. He gets hired to be a Scrivener and is found to be the most hardworking person no matter the time of day. However‚ his complexity is baffling because one day‚ he refuses to examine and write a simple document. In some terms‚ Bartleby might deal with depression; one moment‚ he is completely okay and then all of a sudden‚ he finds himself in a state of mind where he is unmotivated
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Dark Romanticism & Poe: How The Black Cat Encompasses Dark Romantic Ideals in Pre-Civil War Era America There are multiple ways in which Dark Romantics can be differentiated from the greater whole of American society during the early to mid-1800s. Unlike their predecessors‚ the Dark Romantics believed that humans were intrinsically sinful‚ and prone to self-destruction. Their pieces also include overriding themes of mystery‚ death‚ and the macabre. Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat‚ is a prime example
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To many peoples’ surprise‚ the Hero’s Journey tells a different perspective of the story of Peter Pan that is known to everyone. Wendy turns out to actually be the hero rather than Peter Pan. Peter is more of a guide that helps Wendy get through her journey throughout the entire story. Peter takes Wendy and her brothers to a magical world called “Neverland”. Throughout the time Wendy‚ her brothers‚ and Peter spent there‚ they faced dangers and obstacles such as Captain James Hook‚ the leader of a
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Knollmeyer 1 Samuel Knollmeyer Ms. King American Masterworks 11 February 2015 Transcendentalism in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter ‚ a story constructed with verbose prose and prolific detail‚ has a level of metacognitive encouragement that delves into the deeper implications of sin and human nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ born in the first half of the 1800’s‚ looks back‚ reflecting on a time that haunts his family name. He was born Nathaniel Hathorne‚ but later changed his name to
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writing period from 1800 to 1860. Horrific themes‚ psychological effects of guilt and sin‚ and creepy symbols are elements founded in dark romanticisms. There are three writers that define dark romanticisms‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ Nathaniel Hawthorn‚ and Herman Melville. These writers brought dark romanticism into the world with their gloomy‚ creepy‚ and evil poems. The Black Cat”‚ written by Edgar Allen Poe on August 19‚ 1843. “The Black Cat” is the best title for this poem because of what it symbolizes and
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Essay #4 Trevor White Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau present their writing pieces as different forms of nonconformity. The essays both represent Ralph Emerson’s essay‚ Self-Reliance‚ but they do so in different ways. In Thoreau’s essay‚ Solitude‚ the narrator has removed himself from society and into solitude in a cabin in the deep woods. The narrator displays nonconformity by not taking on the normal daily routines and an average person in society. The nonconformity exhibited
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Compassion‚ charity‚ and responsibility were the main feelings that the narrator in "Bartleby‚ the Scrivener". (Bartleby.com) Mostly everyone that would find themselves in that situation would feel the same. In the beginning‚ the narrator was puzzled by Bartleby’s eccentric behavior. He was strangely fascinated by him. All of the other co-workers were annoyed since they had to do his work without pay. Any normal boss would immediately fire someone like Bartleby‚ but the narrator felt a certain
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