In order to keep from bringing shame to herself, Lusanna, ...may have circulated rumors of giving birth to, and rearing, children as a form of wish fulfillment and to refute allegations that she was sterile. ... She tried to make things better for Giovanni by taking the baby of a slave girl so, ...his relatives would think that the child was his (Brucker 86) but this was highly illegal to claim this so the plan was not followed through. ... Though Lusanna may have had a reason for all the lovers even if it brought her a bad name, Her barren state may have induced her to find satisfaction in ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It impacts the relationship with Pearl, the illegitimate child he fathered through this act, and her perception of God and man. ... He has been reared in a Puritan home. ... "Spare the rod, spoil the child"(KJV, Proverbs) was abused. ... It is important to note that even though Dimmesdale is not Hester's husband she views him as the father of her child. ... One interesting note here is that Hester would never share with anyone who had fathered her child. ...

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Death and God Death is perhaps the greatest mystery of life. It is one of the few things we can offer no concrete answer. We know why we die and what causes death, but we do not know if anything exists after death. Modern man seeks truths based on facts and proof. We do not have any proof or eyewi...

• Word Count: 1554
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School