... chasm between good and evil. In a way it is a safety barrier, reassuring the townspeople that they are secure. On the other hand it provides sanctuary to the prisoners from then prying eyes of the fundamentalist Puritan community. This oaken portal is also shrouded with mystery; the outsiders most likely wonder what goes on within the heavily timbered doors, yet no Puritan would even think of setting foot ... inside the prison walls to find out. Hawthorne chooses his words with care ... in this first paragraph giving the reader a general feel for what the piece is about, Thereby enabli...

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... to cover her lawn and cellar door with lime to hide the smell of the dead corpse of her father. Three days later Emily finally allows for the body to be removed from her home. Part three is one in which no outsiders are allowed in. Miss Emily is only known to have ... purchased rat poison for an unidentified reason. Similar to the second part, in part four, two invasions occur: The Baptist minister and a ... visit from her relatives from Alabama. In the final part, the horde comes and buries the corpse as Miss ... By reading "A Rose for Emily", no one truly understands Emily's true thou...

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... his character. Chillingworth however is not Dimmesdale's enemy. The townspeople, who represent the Puritan society, play a decisive role as the second antagonist in the story. The Puritans were very religious people. They spent their whole life serving God in the hope becoming elected. Adultery was considerated a sin connected with the devil. People connected with the devil were considered as outsiders of society. They were degraded by everybody, starting at ... a young age children were taught to prevent contact with those sinners, "As the two wayfares came within the precincts of the ...

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... chasm between good and evil. In a way it is a safety barrier, reassuring the townspeople that they are secure. On the other hand it provides sanctuary to the prisoners from then prying eyes of the fundamentalist Puritan community. This oaken portal is also shrouded with mystery; the outsiders most likely wonder what goes on within the heavily timbered doors, yet no Puritan would even think of setting foot ... inside the prison walls to find out. Hawthorne chooses his words with care ... in this first paragraph giving the reader a general feel for what the piece is about, Thereby enabli...

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• Grade Level: High School

... chasm between good and evil. In a way it is a safety barrier, reassuring the townspeople that they are secure. On the other hand it provides sanctuary to the prisoners from then prying eyes of the fundamentalist Puritan community. This oaken portal is also shrouded with mystery; the outsiders most likely wonder what goes on within the heavily timbered doors, yet no Puritan would even think of setting foot ... inside the prison walls to find out. Hawthorne chooses his words with care ... in this first paragraph giving the reader a general feel for what the piece is about, Thereby enabli...

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... against most of those things pretty strongly it is hard to accept such radicals. The hippies on the other hard had a lot of courage to defend what they believed in so strongly. Just like when the Catholics were being prosecuted for their beliefs. The same thing was happening to the puritans the, and outsiders who shared different ideas then they did. Hester prynn was a great example, in ... the scarlet letter, of how strict the puritan belief was at that time. Hester prynn was punished by the puritans for something that hey believed was wrong. No ... matter how she looked at it and how...

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