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The Scarlet Letter is rich in social symbolism; having a solid understanding of these symbols and how they relate to Puritan society can enhance the reader's experience.

The Scarlet Letter is full of religious and social symbols, and understanding religion's role in the book can make the reading experience much more fulfilling.

It's easy to teach this novel as an example of symbolism without dealing with the complexity of placing it within its historic context, but that doesn't do it justice.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter has taken a place on America's bookshelves, weaving anarchy onto the tapestry of American Romantic literature.

Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester Prynne to illustrate three themes of humanity through her struggles to free herself from her husband, from sin and from Puritan society.

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Lillian Gish was one of the most popular and talented silent film stars in Hollywood.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The House of Seven Gables, weaves the past with the present. The following is a summary of the first part of the book .

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Hart Crane introduces a 'divine' entity in the first stanza, while allowing his readers to make their own perceptions from the clues he leaves throughout the poem.

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Vocabulary is learned best in context. Several of the classic novels frequently assigned to high school students come in editions with hundreds of SAT vocabulary words.

As ghoulish as it sounds, it's easy to applaud every vicious and vengeful attack on the reviled Nazis. Like in the Kill Bill films, we love to see the bad guys massacred.

Richard Dawkins' OUT campaign has been launched to provide support to atheists, and to oppose the intrusion of religion into politics and schools.

You may think you don't know Keith & Kristyn Getty, the Irish modern-day hymnists who released "In Christ Alone" in February, but chances are you do know their music.

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Thanks to the help of teachers and readers all across the country, we've compiled a list of American Fiction books your kids should be reading that goes above and beyond.

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