What Makes Up A Work Of Literature

Part I of Essay
A work of literature may be defined as a classic because it promotes deep insight into human behavior. Both The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey give a reader a complete understanding of what is going on inside of t ....

Part II of Essay
.... he torment s Dimmesdale is seen when he acts as his physician. Chillingworth knows that Dimmesdale was the father of Pearl, Hester's daughter. But he wants to torment and take revenge on the Reverend Dimmesdale, who suddenly became sick. Chillingworth uses his knowledge of the human mind and of medicine to deduce that Dimmesdale's sickness lay not in his body, but in his mind: He was holding a secret, a deep, dark, secret, that was destroying him. By asking Dimmesdale if he were hiding something, Chillingworth angered Dimmesdale and tri ....