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The Elysian Muse

Youth literary magazine

The Elysian Muse

Youth literary magazine

The Elysian Muse

Photography by Silja Pietilä, 18, Finland

Photography by Safia Henniche, 16, Boston

Photography by Safia Henniche, 16, Boston

Dear Readers and Contributors,

 

I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank you all for the continuous love and support, especially through the pandemic. In just under 6 months, we’ve come so far; the magazine has been featured on Publish YOUth Writing and Poets & Writers, and the editorial team reached a whooping milestone of 100+ Advice Articles written! As we continue grow our global outreach, we’ve published over 280 creators from 25 U.S. States, 25 countries, and 6 continents across the world! 

 

It’s been a pleasure growing this community over the past three years, so I know I speak for the entire editorial board when I say we hold this magazine and our contributors close to our hearts. It takes a tremendous amount of research and effort to manage the magazine, which is why we're so thankful for all of your support. We encourage you to share our publications and Advice Articles to help our other young creators who may be interested in pursuing their craft.

 

Cheers,

Lori Khadse

Founder, Nonfiction Editor in Chief

The Elysian Muse Youth Literary Magazine

Dear Readers and Contributors,

 

I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank you all for the continuous love and support, especially through the pandemic. In just under 6 months, we’ve come so far; the magazine has been featured on Publish YOUth Writing and Poets & Writers, and the editorial team reached a whooping milestone of 100+ Advice Articles written! As we continue grow our global outreach, we’ve published over 280 creators from 25 U.S. States, 25 countries, and 6 continents across the world! 

 

It’s been a pleasure growing this community over the past three years, so I know I speak for the entire editorial board when I say we hold this magazine and our contributors close to our hearts. It takes a tremendous amount of research and effort to manage the magazine, which is why we're so thankful for all of your support. We encourage you to share our publications and Advice Articles to help our other young creators who may be interested in pursuing their craft.

 

Cheers,

Lori Khadse

Founder, Nonfiction Editor in Chief

The Elysian Muse Youth Literary Magazine

Photography by Safia Henniche, 16, Boston

Editors' Choice Works

 

The Symbolism of the Prison Door

Written by Anon

 

Chapter one of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the symbol of the Prison-Door. The door is described as a “wooden edifice, the door of which [is] heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes” (Hawthorne 41).

 

This unholy and brooding description is a perfect symbol for the way Puritans view crime, the dreary spike studded door is similar in their views to the doors of Hell, where they wish to condemn those who have sinned. The door is also described as having lost its youth very quickly, in the description it “was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front” (41).

 

The prison door becoming weathered and decrepit just a couple of years of its building shows that even the door has quickly become the visible epitome of the role it plays in this Puritan society. Chapter one of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the symbol of the Prison-Door. The door is described as a “wooden edifice, the door of which [is] heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes” (Hawthorne 41).

 

This unholy and brooding description is a perfect symbol for the way Puritans view crime, the dreary spike studded door is similar in their views to the doors of Hell, where they wish to condemn those who have sinned.

 

The door is also described as having lost its youth very quickly, in the description it “was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front” (41). The prison door becoming weathered and decrepit just a couple of years of its building shows that even the door has quickly become the visible epitome of the role it plays in this Puritan society.