Hawthorne’s Dark Romanticist Message Henry David Thoreau’s positive, transcendentalist view of human nature in Walden contrasts sharply with Nathaniel Hawthorne’s perspective. In the chapter “Where I Lived and What I Lived for,” Thoreau discusses humankind’s potential to become fully “awake,” describing the moral, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of being awake in a long passage that […]
Explain how symbolism is used in one of the stories from this lesson.
Essay Assignment Your essay should hit (or come reasonably close) the last line on page 2. Explain how symbolism is used in one of the stories from this lesson. This includes “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien or “The Birth-Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne only. Keep in mind that you should be discussing how the […]
What are the key elements of her case being made in this writing, and how does she craft her voice to meet the expectations of her middle-class audience, an audience that was growing in size during the 1860s?
DISCUSSION Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of the Puritans, and in many of his works, we see Hawthorne discuss and debate the world of the Puritans in ways that seem to challenge the strict tenets of the faith. One often-cited example is his 1832 story “Young Goodman Brown.” Read this story and decide: Is Hawthorne […]
Listen to, and review link then provide two or three distinct comments/reactions to the content provided in this video.
Assignment on “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Detailed observations, reactions, comments and/or interpretations having to do with the short story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Five videos to view/listen to, review and react to in this assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPhQCJ6waLI Read along with the spoken word (the video is 30 minutes long; full text of […]
What are some examples of paradox in “The Birthmark”? How does Hawthorne’s use of paradox affect your understanding of the characters and the plot?
The American Renaissance Answer the question using complete sentences. Refer to “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne in Journeys in Literature: American Traditions. Respond to the prompt. Authors use paradox to present ideas that, on the surface, seem contradictory. But with deeper analysis, readers figure out that the ideas together make sense. In addition, the intentional […]
Describe the Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy
The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy Throughout the poem birth mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Barbie doll by Margie Piercy the authors statements are clear that beauty only lays on the view of the beholder. Both poems showed the struggle faced by two distinct women in satisfying the perceptions of […]