how is the forest important in the scarlet letter?
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its where the priest and the lady meet after she has to wear the a and it is where pearl sees her father before he personally or privately acknowledges his relationship to her ,it is all hidden sin and mystery until the end when the husband figures out the truth and his presence causes the priest's health to grow worse by the day from the guilt that is eating him alive,the forest allows him to remain a coward and see her ,while she stands alone,wering the a at first as a shame on her but in the end is a shame on society,
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FYI..The Scarlet Letter DID NOT with the Pulitzer Prize. The first Pulitizer award for fiction was given out in 1948, long after the Scarlet Letter was published. You must remember that the Scarlet Letter was published around 1850. Most of the book awards we are accustomed to did not exist at this time. It may have won something, but it did not win the pulitzer. Ask a librarian next time.
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"there were two roads in the forest. i chose the one less traveled and that has made all the difference." \n\ni don't exactly remember who said this and the 'exact words' but this is very close. and i think this very well sums up the answer to your question.
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Forests: lumberjack, hunter, ranger, charcoal burner, owner of rubber plantation, collector of plants,\n\nWild life: park ranger, hunter, photographer, safari guide, collector of wild food such as truffles, \n\nI hope this list helps a bit!
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There is unrest in the forest\nThere is trouble with the trees\nFor the maples want more sunlight\nAnd the oaks ignore their pleas\n\nThe trouble with the maples\n(And they're quite convinced they're right)\nThey say the oaks are just too lofty\nAnd they grab up all the light\nBut the oaks can't help their feelings\nIf they like the way they're made\nAnd they wonder why the maples\nCan't be happy in their shade\n\nThere is trouble in the forest\nAnd the creatures all have fled\nAs the maples scream 'Oppression!'\nAnd the oaks just shake their heads\n\nSo the maples formed a union\nAnd demanded equal rights\n'The oaks are just too greedy\nWe will make them give us light'\nNow there's no more oak oppression\nFor they passed a noble law\nAnd the trees are all kept equal\nBy hatchet, axe and saw
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Congress established the Forest Service in 1905 to provide quality water and timber for the Nation's benefit. Over the years, the public has expanded the list of what they want from national forests and grasslands. Congress responded by directing the Forest Service to manage national forests for additional multiple uses and benefits and for the sustained yield of renewable resources such as water, forage, wildlife, wood, and recreation. Multiple use means managing resources under the best combination of uses to benefit the American people while ensuring the productivity of the land and protecting the quality of the environment. \n\nNational forests are America's great outdoors. They encompass 191 million acres (77.3 million hectares) of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas. National forests provide opportunities for recreation in open spaces and natural environments. With more and more people living in urban areas, national forests are becoming more important and valuable to Americans. People enjoy a wide variety of activities on national forests, including backpacking in remote, unroaded wilderness areas, mastering an all-terrain vehicle over a challenging trail, enjoying the views along a scenic byway, or fishing in a great trout stream, to mention just a few.
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supposedly it is a religious purpose to remind us of Jesus being sent here to cleanse our sins and was placed on a pine cross.  However, the true reason that there is a cross at the top of the pine tree is merely coincidental, it marks that the tree is producing and that spring is here.
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"The Elm Chanted Forest"?
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the moral of the story/the overall message it's related to.\neg:war,betrayal,loneliness\nhope that helped.cheerz!
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First, I am not a scientist but a scientfic researcher. It's important to know what animals eat the seeds or fruits of flowering trees to deduce it's role in a given ecosystem. It's relationship to the other living organisms in it's environment is very important. It's also imortant to know what animals very existence hinges on the trees continued existence in the ecosytem. In other words, as trees get chopped down and various animal species that depend on the trees start to die, that is then a useful barometer of the trees role in the ecosystem.
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Summary\nSet in Padua "very long ago," this is the story of a "mad scientist" working in isolation on a completely unethical (at least by modern research standards) experiment involving poisonous plants. A young student of medicine observes from his quarters the scientist's beautiful daughter who is confined to the lush and locked gardens in which the experiment is taking place.\n\nHaving fallen in love with the lovely Beatrice, Giovanni ignores the warning of his mentor, Professor Baglioni, that Rappaccini is up to no good and he and his work should be shunned. Eventually, Giovanni sneaks into the forbidden garden to meet his lover, and begins to suffer the consequences of encounter with the plants--and with Beatrice, who dwells among them and has been rendered both immune to their effects and poisonous to others.\n\nCommentary\nThis tale joins others by Hawthorne in exploring research gone amok, rendered dangerous and unethical by virtue of the personal motives of the physician-scientist, his self-imposed isolation from his peers, and the unmonitored nature and progress of his project which inevitably results in death of at least one innocent other. The experiment occurs in the shadow of the great medical school at Padua, the ethos of which is presumably represented by the suspicions of Baglioni that his old colleague Rappaccini is doing bad things.\n\nBaglioni, however, does nothing formal to intervene or avert the tragedies he anticipates. This theme of the "evil doctor," obsessed by his personal agenda, is comparable to that developed in Shelley's Frankenstein and Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
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You really should have read the play, man. It's actually really good, but then again I'm a writer--I love this kind of stuff.\n\nHere's a simple, easy solution. It won't help you on a test, because test questions are too detailed, but it should be fine for your project:\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/raisin/\n\nIn the meantime, GET THAT BOOK!!!
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go to this site http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/natural/summary.html
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It is all about the loss of innocence and the struggle to remain innocent.  It was written at a time in this country when we were experiencing a lot of turmoil.  I mean think about it, Great Depression, World War I, World War II, and for the first time the nation had to ask itself not "how should I help my citizens" but "should I help my citizens".  You see, before FDR, there really wasn't much in the way of helping a citizen if he or she was in need short of police officers and fire fighters.  When the Great Depression occured, everyone assumed that because it was the citizens' fault, they would naturally fix it.  It was the same economic system that the country had been working off of for a hundred years, everyone thought things would just fix themselves.  Unfortunatly, they did not, and the governmnt was faced with the crisis of completely redesigning itself and its economy after it loss of innocence.\n\nThe title refers to a rye field near a cliff.  I believe it is described in detail somewhere in the novel.  It isn't uncommon to have rye fileds near cliffs or large ditches and sometimes there would be a "cathcer" at the end of the field to grab the kids running around and playing before they fall to their deaths.  Early on, you are lead to belive that Holden is represented as the catcher character, as he is trying to protect his sister from the harshness of the outside world.  Later on you learn that his sister is actually the catcher because she is the one who leads him back onto the path.  This can be viewed as looking to the youth or the future for the right direction to go when refering to the societal implications of the novel.  Rather than assuming that the system set in place by our fore-fathers will work for an eternity, we have to be flexible and able to change with the future as our safety net.
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Fitzgerald's description of Tom Buchanan's colossal house signifies Tom and his values. The red and white colors of the Buchanan's mansion represent Tom's personality. Red customarily exemplifies impurity and boldness, while white signifies Tom's superior attitude towards other individuals. His "red" disposition is presented by the audacity of his exposed affair with Myrtle and his "white" character is portrayed through his racist comments throughout the book. A Georgian Colonial mansion signifies Tom's racist personality due to the past history of the Southern states prejudices against African-Americans. Fitzgerald's diction of "Colonial" also expresses that Tom is old-money and was raised from a prep-school background, which alludes the reader that he is not a very open-minded character, but relies more heavily upon literary knowledge. The house is distinctly a portrayal of Tom and his bold, egotistical, racist, scholarly manner.\n\nFinally, near the books conclusion, Fitzgerald hints at his thesis with Nick's description on page 141 when Jordan, Tom and he returned from the city: "The Buchanan's house floated suddenly toward us through the dark..." Tom's facilitation of Mr. Wilson's murdering of Gatsby followed by Mr. Wilson killing himself was a post-climatic climax. This end finally made us realize the definite evil of the "Tom Buchanans" and feel wrenched emotions on behalf of Gatsby, "the poor son-of-a-bitch." While Gatsby was perhaps corrupt, what he stood for (his dream) was absolutely immaculate and genuine.
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Some have suggested that this poem is about suicide, although I've always been of the opinion that its one of those "taking stock of your life" poems.  Everything in Frost has a duel meaning.  There is the surface meaning and the underlying meaning.  The "darkest evening of the year" would suggest its around Dec 21, but the deeper meaning would suggest that its a dark time emotionally for the speaker.  The woods, he says, are "lovely, dark, and deep" and this would suggest that its tempting to quit the road you're on but the speaker "has promises to keep."  This indicates that he has a commitment to the road he's on and "miles to go" before he is done, indicating there is still a lot to do.\n\nThis is why I believe this is a poem about a person reflecting on their life's journey, contemplating what might be, and recommitting themselves.  These are all common themes in Frost (ie The Road Not Taken).
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Temperate Forest.  I'm 100% sure about this, because I LIVE THERE!\n\nPlease vote for the best answer!