... in the novel. Another valuable lesson taught in the story is the effects of sins. The plot is not only based around the sins committed by Hester Pryne and Arthur Dimmesdale but also the results their sins have caused. Once the town of Boston discovers the act of adultery Hester commits, ... they have caused him. However, throughout the novel, Chillingworth learns to show forgiveness for their sins. The Scarlet Letter is a novel that can teach all high school readers about the effects of their sins. Along with the history of Puritan society and the effects of sin, The Scarlet Letter also...

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... truly dark side of man which is a key part of the theme of the novel. The bag of bones phrase also symbolizes all of the sins of the past and reminds me of the old saying "the sins of the father are visited upon the son" I think this is also a very important sub-theme of the story because it covers how Saras ghost ... , and Kia these characters are essential to the story and thusly the theme. Without Mike there would not have had a strong rational point of view that could see past the darkness of his past and protect Mattie and Kia from the irrational prejudices that consume the TR. Matt...

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... wouldn't be tragic, but pathetic. Almost at a leap Tess thus changes from a simple girl to a complex woman. She hopes to start a totally new life, but can never really escape the past. Her spirit is restored at Talbothays, where she finally tastes sweet independence, love for which is often stressed in the novel. D"Urberville even calls her "Miss Independence" in Chapter 10 ... . Although religiously determined that she would never get married, she falls in love with Angel Clare. Tess knows that she should reveal him her past, but she keeps putting it off, untill she is married to him wi...

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... . The setting is organic, coming alive through detailed description and constant analogy to people and events. "Along this road to the cemetery my life unravelled Further down the road, past impersonal shopping centres and red-roofed houses, was my primary school" (P5). Here the story of Valentine's childhood is told through the setting, simultaneously a description of the place, a story ... described as a facade for the crime within, as mentioned, "the lights twinkling on the foreshores. So pretty and so innocent, the facade of lights covered a multitude of sins and one of those sins wa...

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... . Throughout the novel Svidrigailov is portrayed as an evil man who aided in his own wife's death and had relationships with very young girls. As a way to atone for his sins, throughout the novel he provided the people he had sinned against large sums of money as well as to certain people in need (the Marmeladov's). This was a very small sacrifice ... as money did not seem to be much of an issue for Svidrigailov, but it did show that he felt guilty for what he had done to Dounia in the past. When he returns to the novel with the reader very unclear of his intentions, he succumbs to what ...

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... the weight of his body on the floor and that he is tied down to it. While on the floor he remembers the sins he had committed and believes God would punish him for them. Even though his sins are simple but he is afraid that they are unforgivable due to his "father's" constant nagging of the consequences of sin. While in ... changed dramatically in John's eyes. Elisha promises to help John be a Man of God. Meanwhile, Florence shows Gabriel Debora's letter and reveals to him that she knows about his secret past. Florence also tells him not to take his guilt out on Elizabeth or John. As El...

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... attempts to absolve himself at night on the scaffold with no one watching. He intends to free himself from all his inner anguish and let the town know of his sins," all the dread of public exposure had been so long been the anguish of his life never-the-less he found himself." However, Dimmesdale has tortured himself so much mentally ... and physically that he cannot get past his hallucinations. Although the scaffold is a place for humiliation and public condemning, it now has no effect because there is no one there to witness him. Instead, the scene shows ... his sermon, which the tow...

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Reflection 3: Ken Follett- Pillars of the Earth As I spent the past week reading non-stop to complete this enormous book I regretted not having started earlier. I quickly learned how amazing this epic-tale really was, and that it would inevitably teach me a ... through some connection. Undoubtedly, the Cathedral holds a communicative value, for it tells the story of people's lives through stone. It contains the hard work of thousands of people, forgave the sins of even more, and most important it is the fulfilled dream of many men. Throughout the book I had the impression that Ken Follett mu...

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... like it fits right. Though the elder brother employed Moll as a prostitute, he helped to sway her decision towards marrying the younger brother, but he did make sure that Moll's past would not be discovered: his elder Brother took care to make him very much Fuddled before he went to Bed, so that I had the Satisfaction of a drunken Bedfellow the first ... a married Woman; nor did he ever Entertain and Notions of it, or disturb his Thoughts about it. (Defoe 55) Before and even more so after her marriage to Robin, Moll's past is not one that makes her the most chaste of women. There is a t...

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... life was to be happy, and she never truly got the chance. No matter where she turned or where she ran, her past kept haunting her and forcing her into a never ending cycle of grief to atone for her "sins". In the end however, she gets the peace that she had longed for, and is put to death. In fact, she has ... ...

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... other than to deliver a message. Crouch believed that Morrison did not want her readers to experience the horrors of slavery that others did, but rather just to tally up the sins that were committed against the darker people and feel sorry for them. Furthermore, he presumed that this novel was designed to make sure that the view of the black woman ... read. Morrison has the ability to write about unthinkable atrocities without making the readers sick to their stomachs. Furthermore, I enjoyed the story being presented in the form of flashbacks to past tragedies, memories, and nightmares....

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