Nathaniel Hawthorne Weaves Dreams Into Reality In Much Of His 19th Century Prose
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Weaves Dreams into Reality in Much of His 19th Century
Nathaniel Hawthorne, a master of American fiction, often utilizes
dreams within the annals of his writings to penetrate, explore and express
his perceptions of the complex moral and spiritual conflicts that plague
mankind. ....
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.... the true state of man's sinful nature by
parallelling dreams with reality represents not only his religious beliefs
but also his true mastery of observation regarding the human soul.
An examination of Hawthorne's own narrative in his short story, The
Birthmark, published in 1850 during the latter part of the period of
Puritanism expands his observations of mankind with keen insight.
Truth often finds its way to the mind close-muffled
in robes of sleep, and ....
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