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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables", 2006.
An essay showing the binary structure Nathaniel Hawthorne created in his work "The House of Seven Gables" and what he is trying to say with this literary style.
1,604 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 52.95
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This essay examines the binary opposition evident in the characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, "The House of the Seven Gables". The paper explains that Hawthorn'es message, that posterity would benefit more from a strong set of plebeian values and ideals than from patrician inherited gold, was conveyed through his structured use of binary opposition in his characters.
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"With the Revolutionary War only sixty-eight years removed, aristocratic thinking is being challenged by the new democratic mind-set. During this turbulent, yet exciting, growth spurt in American history, Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes The House of the Seven Gables (1851). His masterful use of binary characters subtlety argues for the wholesomeness of plebeian democratic values rather than keeping the patrician aristocratic power structure. Hawthorne creates several characters that are in binary opposition to one another. Among other themes, these characters represent the theme of the rise of the plebeian over the ashes of the patrician."
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The House of the Seven Gables, 2004.
This paper discusses the main character of Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables."
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper considers Judge Pyncheon as the main character of Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables," particularly in relation to the novel's main theme. The paper discusses the novel's ensemble cast of characters.
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"Nathaniel Hawthorne's romance "The House of the Seven Gables" is unlike most works of literature in that it truly features an ensemble cast of characters who all play a significant role in the plot and the articulation of Hawthorne's main theme. Indeed one could make an argument for any one of the characters as the driving force behind Hawthorne's narrative."
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"The House of Seven Gables", 2001.
The following paper is a discussion of the ending in Hawthorne's "The House of Seven Gables".
1,913 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 61.95
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The following paper focuses on how Hawthorne develops symbolic significance for the house, the portrait of Colonel Pyncheon, and the old family deed in order to legitimize his ending. This paper uses text analysis to identify key issues raised by Hawthorne, and then questions how these issues are resolved.
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"The ending of Hawthorne?s The House of Seven Gables seems like a concession to most readers? desire for a happy ending. Hawthorne seems to abandon his morbid threats of an inescapable family curse, the radicalism of Holgrave, and his disdain for Hepzibah?s notions of aristocracy in order to bestow his ?good? characters with the traditional fairy tale reward ? money and marriage. Hawthorne states his moral in the preface of his novel, expressing a desire to expose ?the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive ones, and, divesting itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief?. This idea of a moral curse is continuously emphasized throughout the narrative, but then apparently becomes mollified by the resolution. Have Hawthorne?s characters truly succeeded in escaping their curse? Or does Hawthorne?s ending put an optimistic light over a much darker message? "
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The House of Seven Gables and American History, 2002.
A look at the book "The House of Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper is based on the book The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It will explain how the book reflects on American history on the whole and will concentrate on one particular aspect from the novel.
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"The House Of The Seven Gables", 1999.
Examines the novel's depiction of the guilt of characters' about their ancestors' destructive acquisition of wealth, Puritan legacy, evil, gender, love and the symbolism of the house.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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Nathaniel Hawthorne creates in his fiction a sense of American history as a weight on characters in his present, holding them to certain values, visiting upon them the guilt of their ancestors, and linking them to a continuity beginning and continuing on American soil.
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"Nathaniel Hawthorne creates in his fiction a sense of American history as a weight on characters in his present, holding them to certain values, visiting upon them the guilt of their ancestors, and linking them to a continuity beginning and continuing on American soil. In The House of the Seven Gables, the key issue hanging over the characters in the present is the way their ancestors made their wealth and the people they destroyed as they did so. The family in the present has inherited the guilt of that past and must either succumb to it or overcome it. The first possibility is represented by the house they seem unable to escape, and the latter is represented by an outside force that helps the family escape that house.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables tells of the Pyncheon family and the curse that was visited upon it. The ..."
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"House of the Seven Gables", 2001.
Discusses theme of greed as motivating force. Characters, supernatural elements in Hawthorne novel.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 79.95
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"Greed is the principal motivation that sets the plot of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables in motion. The greed of the first Pyncheon, who stole the land on which the house is built, is passed down through generations of Pyncheons along with the house itself. The family was cursed, however, by Matthew Maule, whose judicial murder made it possible for Colonel Pyncheon to seize the desired plot. The curse finds its final victim in Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, in whom the original grasping strain has reappeared and who has unwittingly become the last impediment to the return of the property to the Maules. The story is worked out in terms of the power of the curse--but the curse is not the romantic-seeming literary device that it appears, at first, to be. Instead Hawthorne largely uses it metaphorically to convey the sense of the tenacity of the past..."
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"The House of the Seven Gables", 1993.
A comparison of Phoebe and Hepzibah as examples of women's efforts to cope with the social roles and restrictions of Puritan New England.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, $ 55.95
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"Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables tells of the Pyncheon family and the curse that was visited upon it. The novel is complex and has engendered a good deal of discussion about its themes, its characters, and the society depicted by Hawthorne, all related to Hawthorne's sense of American history and of the legacy of Puritanism. Much of the history of the Pyncheon family is a history of evil in the New World as various Pyncheons betray their own and to whatever they have to to acquire property and to protect that property. The women of the Pyncheon family show a dichotomy that Hawthorne explored in much of his fiction, a tension between the strongly individualized woman who tries to make her way in the world through her own ability and the society in which she lives, a society which defines women as subservient and inferior. Certainly, New..."
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Symbolism in Literature, 2001.
An examination of symbolism in literature focusing on Nathan Hawthorne's "The House of Seven Gables".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper presents an investigative look at the use of symbolism in literature. Author Nathan Hawthorne used many symbolism opportunities in his works "The House of Seven Gables." The writer of this paper explores the symbolism and comments on its effectiveness.
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"Throughout history the authors of literary works have used symbolism to develop a story or create an understanding. Many of the classics are filled with symbolism, and it is that very symbolism that causes the story to stick in the reader?s mind and heart and make the story a classic. In The House of Seven Gables the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne displayed a particularly subtle talent at lacing the story with symbolism for the reader to stumble upon in his journey. Through the use of symbols, we are given the opportunity to view many aspects of the story from a third vantage point, and one that makes it clear for us to understand. The symbolism in House of Seven Gables, works to unite the ideas and emotions that run through the book?s underpinnings and brings the reader to the same mindset the author had as he penned the words. The use of symbolism in this story creates the ability to develop the character of the story itself and bring it to its three dimensional existence."
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2002.
Analysis and critique of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "House of the Seven Gables" and "The Marble Faun".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines and analyzes Nathaniel Hawthorne's "House of the Seven Gables", and "The Marble Faun". It presents the author's criticism of both works and supports that criticism with published criticism.
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Hawthorne's Fiction and Women, 2002.
A look at the female characters in two of Hawthorne's novels -" The Blithedale Romance" and "The House of Seven Gables".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This six-page graduate-level paper examines and analyzes the female characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novels, "The Blithedale Romance" and "The House of Seven Gables".
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Negative Portrayal of Judges and Lawyers in American Literature, 1990.
This paper examine the unfavorable portrayal of judges and lawyers in American literature: Including Hawthorne's "House of Seven Gables', Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Willa Cather's "A Lost Lady".
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 6 sources, $ 87.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the unfavorable portrayal of judges and lawyers in American literature. The plan of the research will be to cite selected works of American fiction and drama with a view toward showing negative characterizations of persons in the legal profession, in physical appearance, habits, attitudes, and the like. Based upon the presentation of this evidence, the research will address reasons that literature appears to present lawyers and judges in such an unfavorable manner.
A negative characterization of the same judge is treated in two works of American literature dealing with the same period of history: the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692. In The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the historical figure of Judge ... "
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2004.
An analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his rejection of Puritan values.
1,135 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses the ideas expounded by Nathaniel Hawthorne, often thought of today as a reflection of Puritan values, although in Puritan times, he would have been recognized as a reformer at best and a heretic at worst. The paper discusses several of his works, "The Scarlet Letter," "The House of Seven Gables," "Young Goodman Brown,, "The Birthmark," and "Rappaccini's Daughter," claiming they show evidence of countless examples of a stretching of strict values. The paper contends that, by rejecting the ideals of the Puritan and the Victorian eras, Hawthorne acts as a soothsayer of the coming age of cyclical relaxation that can be seen, respectively, in the Flapper Era and in the 1960s.
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"Much of Hawthorne's message in his most well known work, The Scarlet Letter is one of feminine independence. The structure of Hester's society was such that she was challenged by her circumstances and even more challenged by the community in which she lived. Her social standing fell to that of a relative harlot when her very public fall from grace was revealed by her pregnancy, a pregnancy clearly begotten outside of her marriage bed. As has been clearly pointed out countless time the work is steeped in the biblical traditions of the Puritan Era and Hawthorne himself interweaves countless analogous meanings in his work."
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Mind Over Matter in Poe and Hawthorne, 2009.
An in-depth analysis and comparison of the mind over matter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
4,653 words (approx. 18.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 120.95
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The paper explores the similarities between the characters Roderick Usher in Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and Arthur Dimmesdale in Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter." The paper analyzes how the concern of mind over matter is realized in different ways by both Poe and Hawthorne and shows how for Poe, decay incorporates the idea of madness as the inevitable condition of the human mind, while for Hawthorne, decay represents the sinfulness of the people in general. The paper illustrates how both stories follow the connections between physical and mental or spiritual decay and the way in which matter itself hints at a higher, transcendental reality.
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"Nineteenth century American literature is pervaded by a late Romantic current promoted by a few very original writers. Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two of the most representative writers of the first half of the nineteenth century. The authors' names often appear together in criticism, since their works share primarily in the laden atmosphere and grotesque style of the period. Their novels and short stories are imbued with a grim mood and their heroes are tragic personages who undergo transcendental and all-together transforming experiences. While Poe is more concerned with what he calls the psyche and the intellect however, Hawthorne investigates the realms of spirituality and religious experience."
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Scarlet Letter", 2008.
This paper examines the symbolism in "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
1,329 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper examines the literary techniques used in "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The paper describes the deterioration of the human mind in Hawthorne's character, Dimmesdale, and in Poe's narrator and shows how they share the same lack of knowledge that they are victims of their own mental deterioration.
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"Authors often use metaphors and symbols as techniques to make statements about characters. Character often lives parallel lives in novels and short stories and it is with great pleasure that we learn from them. Writers employ several different techniques to engage readers. Two stories that illustrate powerful symbolism are "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Each of these stories bring us into characters by allowing us see them change in a radical way. In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Poe uses the house as a metaphor for the narrator and Roderick's condition. The readers' attention is initially drawn to Roderick, whom we suspect might be mentally unstable. Through careful techniques Poe manages to illustrate how the fall of the house represents the fall of both the narrator and Roderick. In the same way, The Scarlet Letter demonstrates how one person can fall through another type of symbol and that is hidden but, nevertheless, powerful. Both stories demonstrate how the human mind can break down over time, given the right circumstances. "
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The House of Lords, 2004.
A discussion on whether the House of Lords should be fully elected and how its election affects its relationship with the House of Commons.
1,817 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper discusses how, with the UK's transition towards a democratic society, the powers of the House of Lords have been gradually eroded over the years and how complaints that the House was not representative of the populace, and was a hazard to democracy, started leading to proposals for its reform in the 19th century. The paper contends that an unelected House of Lords in our present modern day society is an anachronism, as we compare it with other Western democracies, only to realise how outdated this institution has become. The paper maintains that making the House of Lords a fully elected chamber will solve its problems as a legitimate democratic chamber. The paper also examines any possible detrimental effects of parting with hundreds of years of tradition.
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"Currently, the functions of the House of Lords are to revise legislation passed by the Commons and to keep a check on Government by scrutinising its activities through select committees. The Lords acts in a limited role as a Parliamentary watchdog to ensure that power is not abused, as it still has the ability to veto any legislation aimed to extend the life of Parliament beyond five years. They can also propose amendments to Commons Bills, and many of these amendments are accepted, either because they genuinely improve the quality of the Bill, or for political expediency. Generally, its functions are rather similar to those of the House of Commons in legislating, debating and questioning the executive. The exceptions are that it does not represent constituencies, and are not involved in matters of taxation and finance. It is recognised to play a complementary role to that of the Commons. The Lords is also the final court of appeal for civil cases in the UK and for criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland."
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