Name: - Yesha Bhatt M. Course: - M.A. English Semester: - 3 Batch : - 2015-2017 Enrolment no : - PG15101003 Submitted to : - Smt. S.B.Gardi Dept. of English MKBU Email id : - yeshab68@gmail.com Paper no : - The American Literature Topic : - Themes of “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorn To evaluate my assignment click here In “The Scarlet Letter”, there are important themes like Sin, Knowledge and Human condition, The nature of evil, Identity and society and The tongues of flame. When we read “The Scarlet letter” and come to know about various characters, we can find out different themes. All characters have contradiction in themselves. Hester Prynne is a sinner as well as innocent, Arthur Dimmsedale is on high holy position but also a sinner and guilty, Chillingworth wants revenge and has villainy character but on the other side he is also suffering because of his wife’s betrayal. Puritan society ...
you have well explained the concept of psychopathy..
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Can you connect horror elements with psychopathy in Poe's short stories?
Good question!
DeleteHorror elements and psychopathy both are different concepts. In Poe's short stories he connects both. His characters have psychological disorders and they behaves in way that readers feel horror.