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Jason Bello
AP English
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald are two novels, which address similar themes with completely opposite resolves. The authors use their main characters, Hester, Dimmesdale, Gatsby, and Daisy, in their respective works to present these themes. The ac ....
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.... free of guilt. On the other hand, the characters in The Great Gatsby show no remorse for their actions and the pain they cause. No attention is paid to the feelings of others. Tom and Daisy have a daughter together, but she is hardly mentioned amongst their promiscuity. Hester and Dimmesdale are able to bring joy out of their pains, while Daisy and Gatsby suffer pain from their pursuit of joy. Further paradox can be found in an analysis of purity and sin in the novels.
Another contradicting theme is how in The Scarlet Letter purity comes from sin, while in The Great Gatsby sin follows ....
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