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This paper looks at Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." The author looks at the transformations that the characters undergo which affects the outcome of their lives. The transformation is a direct result of sin, guilt, and hatred and their influence on the human spirit. Sin and guilt can greatly affect the human heart and are often a catalyst for change within a human being.

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"The sin of Hester and Dimmesdale has the greatest effect on Roger Chillingworth. Originally, Chillingworth was a decent and much better as a person. He is angered by the actions of his wife and wants revenge more than anything else. "Not thy soul, he answered, with another smile. No, not thine" (74). Chillingworth plans from the start to ruin the soul of the Reverend. He lets his anger turn itself into evil and that evil embeds itself in his heart. Chillingworth begins to explore the soul of Dimmesdale in an attempt to draw out a confession. "He now dug into the poor clergyman's heart like a miner searching for gold; or, rather like a sexton delving into a grave, possibly in quest of a jewel that had been buried on the dead man's bosom" (125). Chillingworth has let his evil feelings take over his mind and actions. He wants nothing more than to torment the priest. He turns into a "chilling" person as his name implies and comes to symbolize the devil himself. Eventually, his hatred takes its toll on Chillingworth himself. "All his strength and energy" all his vital and intellectual force "seemed at once to desert him; insomuch that he positively withered up" (254). "

Tags:letter, scarlet

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This paper highlights and interprets the major symbols in the book such as the characters' names, the characters' functions, the setting, the rosebush, the scaffold, color and the scarlet letter. The paper also discusses the dichotomy of the town/forest and day/night in the novel and connects the different symbols to major aspects of the story, such as plot, character and theme.

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"In the novel, characters? names are very significant because they are meaningful and give the reader an idea of the characters? personalities. One important character is Reverend Dimmesdale, whose name suggests that he is a dim man. This is true of him. He does not see things clearly and does not understand things the way he should. Throughout the book he is said to be in a "maze" (167), which shows that he is always in a state of confusion. The community, also, sees him dimly. They do not see him for who he really is. Dimmesdale told them he was the sinner but the community "heard it all, and did but reverence him the more" (119). Instead of starting up a riot as Dimmesdale expected, they looked up to him as a hero."

Tags:chillingworth, daylight, hand, heart, prison, leech, location, pearl, punishment, secrets, sin, adultery, nature

Abstract
Factors that influence the existence of heart disease vary, depending on the person and his or her biological tendency to inherit heart disease ("Causes", n.d.). As suggested some individuals are more likely to develop heart disease because it is in their genes and it dependent on the environmental factors that the person is associated with throughout the course of life. Additionally, there are some individuals that are born with heart defects, making their battle with heart disease consistent during the course of their existence. Nonetheless, heart disease can be caused primarily by the lifestyle of the person. For example, individuals that consume too many "fatty foods" and people that smoke excessively or have sedentary lifestyles are more prone to heart disease ("Causes", n.d.). Stress and chemicals within the environment may create the foundation for heart disease to develop as well. Other factors such as high cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure can impact whether or not the individual develops heart disease, with these health hazards being very destructive due to the fact that they are generally not detected early. Consequently, individuals suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol may develop heart disease without any specific symptoms and may not know that disease is present until they have a heart attack ("Heart", n.d.).

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The Elderly and Heart Disease: Men and Women in New York Heart disease occurs when there are abnormalities in the heart and/or blood vessels connected to the heart ("Heart", n.d.). There are five types of heart disease that include: * Coronary Artery Disease: (CAD), most common. Hardening and narrowing of the arteries that prevent proper blood flow to the heart. * Angina: Chest pain when the heart does not get enough blood. Potential for heart attack is high. * Heart Attack: Blockage of arteries or severe loss of blood flowing to the heart for a period of 20 minutes or longer.

Tags:elderly, heart, disease

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The paper explores whether heart disease be reversed and posits that this is an important question because heart disease causes so many unnecessary deaths, and so much illness so that people cannot work and be productive. The paper relates that usually, when people are diagnosed with heart disease, they assume that they cannot reverse this disease; all they can do is slow down how fast it progresses. However, the paper explores how researchers are interested in finding ways to reverse heart disease, so that patients can get well again.

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"In this paper I will investigate this research question: can heart disease be reversed? This is an important question, because heart disease causes so many unnecessary deaths, and so much illness so that people cannot work and be productive. Usually, when people are diagnosed with heart disease, they assume that they cannot reverse this disease. All they can do is slow down how fast it progresses. However, researchers are interested in finding ways to reverse heart disease, so that patients can get well again. Everyone has some idea that exercise is good for the heart. This has been..."

Tags:health, care, heart disease

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This paper is about the heart, its structure and function. It also traces the embryological development of the heart to birth. It then looks at two recent papers on heart problems, one on drug-eluting stents and the other on adults with congenital heart problems.

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"The heart is a muscular pump which forces the blood through the circulatory system of the body. (Applegate Merck) This function is vital to survival because the blood takes oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removes metabolic waste products and carbon dioxide, activities essential to the life of the tissues. A normal human heart pumps roughly five liters of blood per minute through the circulatory system. The heart is located in the middle mediastinal area of the thoracic cavity between the lungs. It lies posterior to the..."

Tags:atria, ventricles, embryology, stents, adult congenital heart problems

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This paper discusses the frequency of heart disease and stroke in the United States. It explains that heart disease and stroke is the number one and number three killer of Americans today. The author contends that Coronary Heart Disease affects males 40% more often than females. The paper claims that in the southern and eastern portions of the United States heart disease is reportedly more prevalent than in other portions of the country.

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"Heart disease and stroke is the number one and number three killer of Americans today. Coronary Heart Disease affects males 40% more often than females, and for African American males there re 243 deaths for every 100,000 African American males in the country. In the southern and eastern portions of the United States heart disease is reportedly more prevalent than in other portions of the country. Although there has been a decrease in the disease among the majority of the population since 1980, heart disease is still a significant threat to the health of Americans in 2005 ("Heart Disease", 2003). Stroke: The highest rate of strokes exists in the African American population at the age of 85, with the lowest rate of stroke for minorities existing in the Hispanic population at the age of 39. Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina residents experience the ..."

Tags:heart, disease, stroke

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This paper discusses how, in the beginning of the story, Roger Chillingworth comes across as a cold-hearted character. Early in the novel, Chillingworth is depicted as a neglectful husband, whose unfulfilled promise to join his wife in the New World led Hester to commit adultery. However, it shows how, as "The Scarlet Letter" progresses, Roger Chillingworth becomes more of a pitiful character than an evil one.

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"Chillingworth is physically deformed; his shoulders are unnaturally stooped. Once he realizes Hester is pregnant with another man's child, he is bent on seeking revenge. Chillingworth devotes his power and attention to the degradation of his wife and her lover, using his status as a doctor to assume a mask of respectability. However, his efforts are in vain. The town sees Chillingworth for the leech that he is. Roger Chillingworth is the cold-hearted, nefarious man that Hawthorne paints him out to be, because he favors revenge over truth, justice, and forgiveness. However, Chillingworth thinks, acts, and feels out of pain and jealousy, for he feels his wife has betrayed him. Although Roger Chillingworth is the embodiment of evil in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, he also evokes pity, as he has no inner strength."

Tags:hester, adultry

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This analysis of Edmond Rostand's play "Cyrano De Bergerac" focuses on the self-denigration of the protagonist who, despite his great love for Roxanne and his profound intellect and chivalry, is unable to believe he can capture the heart of the woman he loves because of his physical appearance, namely his extraordinarily large nose.

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"The five act drama Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand is the story of the swashbuckling swordsman soldier and romantic poet Cyrano De Bergerac. Set in France, Cyrano De Bergerac is actually a romantic tale of a love ..."

Tags:France, Christian, romance, romantic, poetry, love letters, materialism, superficiality

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This paper presents an examination of tragic figures. The writer compares and contrasts Macbeth and Arthur Dimmesdale as "tragic figures". Their lives, their ideas and the things that happen to them all contribute to the tragic figure persona

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"Throughout history authors of literature have used their works to make their characters evoke emotion in the readers hearts. One of the most emotion evoking characters in works of literature is the tragic hero. The tragic hero is a hero in actions and tragic in the flaw that makes him or her human after all. The tragic hero is the character that struggles with human flaws or emotions while at the same time acting in heroic ways. The ways of a tragic hero are often about warriors and the ability to fight but this is not always the case."

Tags:tragic, hero, william, shakespeare, scarlett, letter, nathan, hawthorne

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Discusses the theme in three literary works. EdgarAllan Poe's "The Purloined Letter." Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street." Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
The literary and narrative content of each story; first person narration. How each work constructs a portrait of a modern her as antihero.

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"This research examines the theme of personal alienation in Poe's "The Purloined Letter;" Melville's "Bartleby, the Scriv.ener: A Story of Wall-Street"; and Conrad's Heart of Darkness. The research will set forth the literary and narrative context of the stories and then discuss ways in which each story constructs a portrait of a modern hero as antihero who remains permanently on the periphery of civilization, convention, and morality, sometimes functioning vis-a-vis conventional society as nonfunctional, thus positioning himself as recluse, stranger in a strange land, outsider, anti-authoritarian rebel--even an anarchist.

A self-conscious critic of his craft as a dramatist, Bertolt Brecht gives the name "A-effect" or alienation effect to the process whereby a scene or play may "allow the spectator to ..."