Likewise, in these two short stories, a few characters also come about this misfortune, whether by choice or by obligation. Each story proves a unique point about the relationship between knowledge and the human character as well as the concept of isolation; yet, there are also many parallels in the existence thereof. ... Throughout the short story, the reader becomes familiar with this curse; however, the reader also discovers, as does Beatrice, that all humans possess their own form of this curse known as poison. ... Through these two short stories, the reader becomes aware of the effec...

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Embarrassed by his failure, Hawthorne continued to write many short stories, several of which were published in newspapers but always anonymously. Finally, in 1837, Hawthorne decided to use his own name and published Twice-Told Tales, a collection of his short stories, many of which had previously been published anonymously. ... The experience was a short one as Hawthorne realized he did not agree much with the transcendentalist beliefs; despite that, this realization allowed him to develop his unique voice within the transcendentalist/romanticist movement of the time period (Turner, 137). ......

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, an early-American writer plagued by the sins of his ancestors, channeled the guilt and shame he felt to write novels and short stories that would earn himself a spot among the most-read and most famous American writers of all time. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne used the guilt and shame he felt as a muse to write his short stories and novels as he wrote about plots and characters that dealt with emotions and situations that he himself dealt with in his lifetime....

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's, "The Birthmark," is a short story about science versus nature. ... In the story, Aylmer's obsession with his wife Georgiana's birthmark, also known as, "the crimson stain," (Hawthorne 149), compels him to motivate Georgiana to drink his, "elixir vitae," (Hawthorne 156)-his potion of immortality-which successfully vanishes the birthmark but tragically ends her life. ... Even though Georgiana has shown signs of her good qualities in the story like being intelligent and knowing her self-worth, it seems that she is a complex chara...

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In fact, there were a number of stories circulating which focused upon sexually transgressive clergymen, and this may have been an influence on Hawthorne's portrayal of Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Edgar Allan Poe: his work was fiercely original, refining the short story genre, establishing detective fiction, and prefiguring the genres of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne: many of Hawthorne's stories are set in Puritan New England, and his greatest novel, The Scarlet Letter (1850), has become the classic portrayal of Puritan America. ...

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The poet and author Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates these natural truths in the outward appearance of a short story titled " My Kinsman, Major Molineux." ... The story is divided by the first person point of view of Robin, along with several omniscient third person remarks from the narrator, projecting future events yet to come. ... The story takes place during the early events leading up to the American Revolution. ... Nonetheless, the central idea of the story could not fully come to surface, without the exemplary use of language techniques. The language that Hawthorne uses to help def...

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Literature, as a whole, would be much more appealing if authors let their readers make their own decisions about the events or characters in the story. ... One of the issues posed by Hawthorne during the story is that of responsibility. ... Hawthorne's story begins in seventeenth-century Boston, then a Puritan settlement. ... There upon short after he dies. ...

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" Hawthorne begins by alluding to the belief in total depravity in this short story when Goodman Brown sees Goody Cloyse in the forest and is reminded of the Puritan catechism. ... Hawthorne clearly exposes this destruction in Brown's spiritual isolation at the end of the story. This spiritual isolation occurs after the most important scene in this story: Brown's encounter with sinners in the forest. ... Hawthorne claims this sympathy as a truth, for reality in Hawthorne's stories are often represented through dreams, which in this case is Brown's encounter in the for...

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The most well-known writer of this time was Mark Twain, complimented for one of the most famous short stories in American literature, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. ...

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"Young Goodman Brown," a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is about the disillusionment of the story's protagonist, on encountering evil and discovering that evil is more prevalent than good in the world. ...

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Poe, well known today for his poetry and short stories, such as "The Pit and the Pendulum", is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern detective story. He often wrote horror stories and psychological thrillers, while at the same time exploring the human mind and individual emotions. ...

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