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Page 73
... narrative of his life . He mentions that he read John Locke at a certain point , and the Earl of Shaftesbury , and he says that this sort of education is extremely valuable . But in the narrative itself he is plain Benjamin Franklin ...
... narrative of his life . He mentions that he read John Locke at a certain point , and the Earl of Shaftesbury , and he says that this sort of education is extremely valuable . But in the narrative itself he is plain Benjamin Franklin ...
Page 113
... narrative on exposition , relieved periodically by a carefully arranged tab- leau in which the position of each major character tells almost as much as the brief dramatic action . As the opening scene reveals Hester on the scaffold ...
... narrative on exposition , relieved periodically by a carefully arranged tab- leau in which the position of each major character tells almost as much as the brief dramatic action . As the opening scene reveals Hester on the scaffold ...
Page 136
... narrative : " So I went to the West Indies . ” Quentin introduces Sutpen's arrival in the West Indies with an explicit comment on the problem : Sutpen , Quentin says , must have been " at least twenty years old at the time he was [ now ] ...
... narrative : " So I went to the West Indies . ” Quentin introduces Sutpen's arrival in the West Indies with an explicit comment on the problem : Sutpen , Quentin says , must have been " at least twenty years old at the time he was [ now ] ...
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accept achievement action actually admirable American appearance autobiography begin believe called cause century character child confess consider Cotton Mather course criticism Devil discussion effect England entire errors especially evidence examine example experience explain express fact Faith Fellow fiction figure force Franklin give Goodman Brown Hawthorne Hawthorne's Henry historians human important Increase individual interest interpretation John judgment kind language less literary literature meaning method Miller Miss moral moreover motives narrative narrator nature never notice novel past perception practice present problem Puritan qualities Quentin questions reader reason recognize relationship remains remarkable remember represent romance Rosa Salem says Scarlet Letter seems society statement story suggests Sutpen tells Thomas tion truth typical understand witch writing young