Hawthornes Works Essays

  • Solitude And Isolation in Three Of Hawthornes Works

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne uses these themes of solitude and isolation for the characters in several of his works. "Hawthorne is interested only in those beings, of exceptional temperament or destiny, who are alone in the world..." (Discovering Authors). Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Goodman Brown, and Beatrice Rappaccini are all persons "whom some crime or misunderstood virtue, or misfortune, has set them by themselves or in a worse companionship of solitude (Discovering Authors). Hawthorne devoted

  • Comparing the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller

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    nonetheless seems to be a universal longing. This longing for fullness and wholeness transcends time and is found in both Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller’s works, albeit in different ways. Summer on the Lakes was written during a period of hiatus and reflection in Fuller’s life. There is a sense of seeking and desiring new experiences that permeates this work, a need to experience new things in order to continually learn and grow as a person. Part of this desire could come from her views on

  • Reoccurring Themes and Symbols in Different Works by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” is a parable. Hawthorne intended it as such and even gave the story the subtitle “a parable.” “The Minister’s Black Veil,” however, was not Hawthorne’s only parable. Hawthorne often used symbols and figurative language to give added meaning to the literal interpretations of his work. His Puritan ancestry also influenced much of Hawthorne’s work. Instead of agreeing with Puritanism however, Hawthorne would criticize it through the symbols and themes in his

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Religious Connotations in His Works

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Religious Connotations in His Works Nathaniel Hawthorne is noted for his religious connotations in his works. Young Goodman Brown, The Minister's Black Veil and The Birthmark is three exemplary stories. His writing technique uses ambiguity in that the reader is opened to many different ways of interpretation. In respect to religious methodology the main character's of these short stories all encounter some sort of revelation. In Young Goodman Brown the main character

  • Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, and Walt Whitman's Works

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    Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, and Walt Whitman's Works Out of all the great authors and poets we have studied this semester I have chosen the three that I personally enjoyed reading the most; Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, and Walt Whitman. These three Writers stand out above the rest for each has contributed substantially to bringing forth a newly earned respect for American Writers of Literature. Up until this point in time most literature had come from European writers

  • Hawthorne Critiques Puritan Society in His Works, Young Goodman Brown and The Scarlet Letter

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne Critiques Puritan Society in His Works, Young Goodman Brown and The Scarlet Letter Many American writers have scrutinized religion through their works of literature, however none had the enthusiasm of Nathaniel Hawthorne. A handful of Hawthorne's works are clear critiques of seventeenth century Puritan society in New England. Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown and The Scarlet Letter illustrate his assessment by showing internal battles within characters, hypocrisy in religious

  • Hawthorne Studies: Happiness Inspires Productivity

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    quote by Shawn Achor that represents the Hawthorne Studies. The Hawthorne Studies were a major step in discovering the perfect work environment. “The Hawthorne Studies gave rise to the profession of industrial psychology, by legitimizing the human factor as an element in business operations” (Rieger, 1995, Para. 3). Discovering the perfect work environment has been going on for a long time and is constantly evolving. The first theory of the perfect work environment involved only financial rewards

  • Behavioral Management and the Hawthorne Effect

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    Mayo et al. This piece, however, focuses on the ‘Hawthorne effect,’ conducted by Elton Mayo alongside associates F.J. Roethlisberger and William J. Dickson. The ‘hawthorne effect’ refers to an arrangement of experiments that had taken place at the Western Electric Company in Chicago from 1927, through till 1932. This essay focuses on the description and analysis of the research that was conducted and evaluates the relevance and value of the ‘Hawthorne effect’ for managers today. It is important to

  • Effects of the Hawthorne Studies

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    The Hawthorne studies, which began in 1924 and ended in 1933, at the Western Electric Company, have produced controversy since its findings in 1939 were published in the book Management And The Worker. There were so many elements changed during the tests that many people disagree on the true factors that caused a rise in output. Was the rise in output due to the rise in money, or the factor of better human relations? Instead maybe the rise in output was due to the now famous term that came out of

  • The Function of Contemporary Management and the Relationship Between Employer-Employee

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    function and the employee-employer relationship by using Hawthorne studies and explain about the experiments he did, and will discuss about Hawthorne's studies and some articles that will be mention in this essay. In the industrial history, Hawthorne studies are one of the most famous studies which benefits every studies in the industrial social studies later on. The experiments were undertaken at Western Electric Company's Hawthorne Works in Chicago, Illinois during 1924 to 1932 (Robbins & Judge

  • The Hawthorne Studies And The Norms Of Behaviour In The Workplace

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    the workplace. In fact, the Hawthorne studies did a lot of contributes to that. It also altered the focus of management study, in contrast with the classical management. This essay is trying to demonstrate that how the Hawthorne studies contribute to developing understanding about the norms of behaviour in the workplace and find out researchers’ experience of how group relationships have influenced work performance. Between 1924 and 1933, a series of the Hawthorne studies was conducted by researchers

  • Essay On The Hawthorne Studies

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    Analysis into the Hawthorne Studies This essay will analyse the publication “Hawthorne, the myth of the docile worker, and class bias in psychology”, an article by Bramel and Friend (1981). It will subsequently go on to further critique six more academic articles that either support or disagree with the primary publication and demonstrate how the Hawthorne studies have influenced my perception on contemporary management functions and the employer-employee relationship. The Hawthorne studies conducted

  • Advantages And Disadvantages Of Rationalization In An Organization

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    In this essay I will be discussing what rationalisation is in an organisation.I will also mention the advantages and disadvantages of rationalisation and link/ compare it to social organisation. I will also talk about fordism and the hawthorne effect and how these theories can impact or improve businesses like junction hotel. Junction hotel is looking to cut costs but doesn't want standards to drop as well as hotel reputation. There are a few different approaches businesses such as Junction Hotel

  • Management Theory of Frederick Taylor

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    management would no longer have to fight over them. In short, Taylor believed that management and labor had a common interest in increasing productivity. Taylor based his management system on production-line time studies. Instead of relying on traditional work methods, he analyzed and timed steel workers' movements on a series of jobs. Using time study as his base, he broke each job down into its components and designed the quickest and best methods of performing each component. In this way he established

  • Contracting

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    together and the stating of what are the proper roles of all the parties involved including the practitioner. In this process, a mutual agreement is established between the OD practitioner and the members of the client system in how the OD consultant will work on the problems within the organization. Hence, during entering and contracting, the organization’s problems and opportunities for growth and improvement are discussed between these two parties. During this process, the limitations are set on how the

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe's Use of Guilt in their Work

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    approach life through their literary works. While some authors use the concept of guilt to express their feelings and attract readers, other authors, like Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, use the convention of guilt to teach the society a lesson. Like in Hawthorne?s ?Dr. Heidegger?s Experiment? and Poe?s ?The Masque of Red Death?, both authors employ the theme of guilt to teach a common lesson to the society that one cannot escape guilt. While Hawthorne primarily focuses on the idea of initiation

  • Elton Mayo’s Hawthorne Experiments

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    Elton Mayo’s Hawthorne Experiments Biography of Elton Mayo George Elton Mayo was born on 26th December 1880 in Adelaide, South Australia. He was brought up by his respected colonial family. His father was a civil engineer who was married to Henrietta Mary nee Donaldson. They wanted their son, Elton Mayo to do well in his education and to succeed something in life. Mayo was looking forward to follow his grandfather’s path in medicine but, he failed his studies at university in Edinburgh

  • Self-rejection and Self-damnation in Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

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    your journey," she pleads, fearing the possibility that he may not return. This is the first element of the metaphor: Brown's spiritual, Christian self risks being overwhelmed on this errand, revealing the journey's introspective nature. Author Hawthorne later reemphasizes this idea when Brown meets with his older self, who asks why Brown is late for their rendezvous. "Faith kept me back awhile," he responds, admitting his initial hesitation. Though Goodman Brown balks at making this spiritual

  • Free Essays - Psychological Analysis of Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

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    Psychological Analysis of Young Goodman Brown Most of the works can be analyzed by one of the three critical approaches: traditional, formalistic or psychological approach.  When it comes to Young Goodman Brown (by Nathaniel Hawthorne), I think that psychological approach is the best one to use.  The story is all about the three components of our unconscious (id, ego and superego) and the constant battle among them. It is true that psychological approach has its flaws.  It was criticized

  • An Analysis of Hawthorne’s My Kinsman, Major Molineux

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    between society and the individual. However, this also presented an interesting paradox in the developing democracy: the individual man and the community were both celebrated. As ... ... middle of paper ... ...t. “Nathaniel Hawthorne.” The Recognition of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Selected Criticism Since 1828. Ed. B. Bernard Cohen. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1969. Mackey, Thomas C. “Jacksonian Democracy.” Events that Changed America in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. John E. Findling and Frank W