Earth's Holocaust

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"Earth's Holocaust" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that allegorically depicts a massive bonfire in which humanity attempts to destroy all its vices and institutions, only to find that evil persists in the human heart.

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instanceOf allegorical work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
conclusion evil cannot be eradicated by external means alone ⓘ
evil persists in the human heart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts attempt to destroy all human vices ⓘ
destruction of social institutions ⓘ
explores moral reform ⓘ
religious and moral hypocrisy ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
fictionalEvent global destruction of symbols of vice and corruption ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasSetting large bonfire on a plain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre allegory ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
mainTheme human nature ⓘ
limits of social reform ⓘ
persistence of evil in the human heart ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeDevice symbolic bonfire of human vices and institutions ⓘ
tone moralistic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
workOf Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ

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