Part one of term paper
“For, what other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one’s self!� This is quote taken from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel . This quote relates to the theme of the novel, which is the interpretation of both the past and the present. It is said that the past shapes the present, however the past and the ...

Part two of term paper
... lives. The Pyncheon’s waste all of their “energy� and thoughts on money and power. On the outside, for example, Judge Pyncheon is a man of benevolence and wealth. However, in reality he is a malicious man who imprisoned his cousin for a murder which he did not commit, all for money and power. Colonel Pyncheon’s greed and selfishness is what built , and in turn it is also the reason for the house’s ruin. Clifford and Hepzibah hardly live a full and satisfying life. Hepzibah cannot get †...