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Taylor investigates the representation of guilt and the search for redemption in Nathaniel Hawthorne's two novels, The Scarlet Letter and The Marble Fun. She reveals the distinction that Hawthorne draws between the act of penance and the attitude of penitence even as he question whether confessions should be made to the community--an act which may transform the sinner into a scapegoat or a saint-- or to one other in secret, a procedure which may preserve individuality and personhood.
...For instance, Miriam's "ambiguity," the narrator reveals, "would have operated unfav...
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... to meet these standards functions, like a scarlet letter, as a public disclosure of sin designed to ... right questions and to live with the ambiguity of necessarily provisional answers. It is not a co...
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...Maybe the specter of the ineffectiveness scarlet letter is more real to practicing attorneys than t... particular concerns about Padilla's ambiguity and the promise of future litigation may well pale...
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... and anxiety), as well as in its intense ambiguity. All we really learn about Gore's plan is that it'... a black screen that is ambushed by white letters which read "BUREAUCRATS DECIDE" (Bush's summation ... in this case, the more precise word "scarlet" is used) (Rev 17:3). (10) . [17] It would be misg...
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... analogies than the stocks, cages, and scarlet letters referenced by appellants. 21 . We also agr...1199 (D.N.J.1996). 6 There is some ambiguity as to the number of individual sex offenders whose...
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Jolie's 'Salt' is flavored with action
The question about "Salt" - the thriller starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Phillip Noyce - is: Would it have been more interesting as a miniseries? As it is, it seems built for a sequel, although there is no word about that.
... keeps the aspect of its heroine's moral ambiguity. But the film is not really interested in explorin...Deriving inspiration from "The Scarlet Letter," Olive revels in the notoriety, even sewin...
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... nuanced description of the family in a letter to the German humanist Ulrich von Hutten. In some ... skewed or double meanings that generate ambiguity. As the opposite of hyperbole, it also implies mod... spirit, says that "he never wears silk or scarlet or a gold chain, except when it is not open to him...
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... courts." Further, "when there is ambiguity in the prospective juror's statements, `the trial ..., registration as a sex offender is a "scarlet letter." So although the jury might have considere...
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... the administration thought would be a scarlet letter would instead be a license to have people i... I think you properly have to leave some ambiguity in this situation. LANCE: Thank you, sir. This i...
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... Act - Baseless Paragraph IV Certification Letters Lead to Exceptional Case . Patents / Claim Constru... is in the best position to resolve the ambiguity in the patent claims, and it is highly desirable t... and cream for Oklahoma University, scarlet and gray for Ohio State University and cardinal an...