I've also posted this essay here: http://www.zinch.com/student/orochigenocide
And yes, I was listening to "Miserere" by Gregorio Allegri. It reminded me of Dimmesdale from The Scarlet Letter.
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The follow essay elaborates on how the motifs of sunlight and darkness play an important role in emphasizing the themes of The Scarlet Letter. I wrote this essay in later October for my English class.
‘Miserere Mei Deus’: the Sunlight and Darkness
Nathaniel Hawthorne notoriously uses ambiguous references for various open-ended events in his literary works, including The Scarlet Letter, and employs numerous uses of imagery to appeal to the reader’s imagination, to provide evidence to support individual interpretations, to add interesting effects to themes, and to present concepts in a clear way. In the novel, sunlight and darkness are constantly used in comparisons and contrasts in certain circumstances and serve as a motif. In essence, Hawthorne’s use of sunlight and darkness visually emphasizes the positive and negative connotations of settings, events, and character traits. Read More »








