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The Immutable Miles Coverdale: A Failure from Boston to Blithedale Miles Coverdale does not confess anything to his readers in the Blithedale Romance. He thinks he confesses something, and he even goes so far as to say he is confessing. What he is really doing is covering up the fact that he, Miles Coverdale, cannot emotionally attach himself to anyone or anything, and for that reason alone, he completely obstructs any opportunities he has at …

…there to start anew, yet fell back into old habits which kept him from understanding himself. His fear of failure never let him take a chance at living, instead he was always an outside observer. He does not ask himself if he should have tried another approach to improve his life, but rather simply accepts what has occurred. Miles Coverdale is the epitome of failure- exactly what he feared he would become all along.