Publication Date

1994

Disciplines

Comparative Literature | English Language and Literature

Comments

Published in Studies in Short Fiction 31, 69-77 (1994).

Abstract

Examines how the protagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story `Ethan Brand' searched for what is considered the `unpardonable sin' of divorcing one's head from one's heart and oneself from humanity. Interpretation of symbolisms in the story; Analysis of the Puritan view of sin in relation to the story.