American Literature
The aim of his
poetry is to elevate the human mind, to bring it to ecstasy. Man can perceive superior beauty. Poems and short stories should be short enough to be
read in one sitting. Poe produced not more than 15 poems. He revised them all his life. The final versions are perfect(ed). His poems are a romantic
manifesto because they speak of lands that are nowhere "out of space, out of time".
Nathaniel Hawthorne's preoccupation with guilt and conscience. His belief that the roots of the philistinism and hypocrisy characteristic
of New Englanders are to be found in early Puritan settlements.
Power of Guilt in The Scarlet Letter If a character does something wrong but no one knows, that character can both gain and lose from what they
have done. This happens multiple times in The Scaret Letter. Characters commit evil deeds, some are caught, some are not. For those that aren't
caught, they have a decision to make. To turn themselves in or to live their lives as if it never happened
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