Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter as an exemplum on pride. His creation of Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter‚ and her selflessness was the moral behind keeping her alive. The characters in The Scarlet Letter are nothing more than symbols representing abstract qualities and are dispensable. Names play an important role in The Scarlet Letter it is Hawthorne ’s way of distinguishing not just the characters but their personalities. The latter is the most important when
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historical background of his family. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ to a family of Puritan colonists. Hawthorne’s paternal distant grandfather‚ John Hathorne‚ whom was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials‚ troubled Nathaniel so much‚ that he added the W to his last name to separate himself from the family. 1 Some readers could argue after reading this story‚ knowing the history of the Salem Witch Trials‚ and knowing things about Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ he showed the hypocrisy of
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The Characters’ Allegorical Role in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” 1. Introduction Nathaniel Hawthorne delivers in “Young Goodman Brown” an allegorical depiction of the fall of mankind‚ the “fall of Adam through the temptation of Eve” (Becker 16). Hawthorne’s realization‚ the deep and powerful allegorical nature of the story is intense not just because of the action‚ nor the setting‚ but because of the well-built‚ symbolic and accurate characters. With the thoughtful building
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Andrew Wintringham English 101 Mrs. Jen 10 September 2014 A Close Read of “The Birthmark” In “The Birthmark‚” a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ he uses symbolism and allegories to show the conflict between man and nature. On the surface of the story Aylmer’s reason for wanting to remove the only flaw in his wife‚ a flaw left by nature‚ was to improve the beauty of his wife. However under the surface of the story we see that Aylmer’s obsession to remove the birthmark and find perfection in his
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‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ created many short stories which involved strange‚ or even stranger‚ supernatural events and behavior. Many of Hawthorne’s stories were written on the basis of his life occurrences and what he believed and also what he wanted his readers to believe. Also‚ almost every single one of Hawthorne’s characters in each of his short stories are faced with a choice in which they most choose between either doing something in which that is right‚ or doing something of which that
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authenticity to the end with the element of a moral. Nathaniel Hawthorne is hands down the most romantic writer from his time period. Hawthorne seems to cover all the aspects of romanticism in The Scarlet Letter. However Hawthorne seems to zero in on three major elements of romanticism; he focuses the most on the element of symbolism then is followed by love of nature and supernatural. Symbolism is the biggest factor of romanticism that Nathaniel Hawthorne focuses on in The Scarlet Letter. During the first
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English II Honors Exam 1/26/09 Nathaniel Hawthorns short stories‚ such as‚ Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment‚ Rappaccini’s Daughter and The Birthmark all have an underlying meaning and demonstrate a similar recurring theme. Hawthorne uses his stories to clarify his beliefs on the competition between nature‚ religion‚ and science in everyday life. In all three of his short stories he refuses the concept of science coming before religion or nature. Hawthorne clearly thought if nature or religion was
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not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream.” (Hawthorne‚ line 376-378) The narrator never definitely says whether it was a dream or an actual experience that Goodman Brown had in the forest. However‚ by use of ambiguous phrases such as “it seemed‚” “as if it were . . . ‚” or “he could have sworn‚” the reader is led to believe that Brown took part in a meeting of witches and wizards. Hawthorne deliberately structured the story to suggest two different interpretations:
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ a character named Hester Prynne committed adultery with a man who at first was unidentified but later confirmed to be her reverend‚ the worshipped Arthur Dimmesdale. Since Hester became pregnant after the affair and her husband had not yet arrived in the colony‚ it was clear that she had committed adultery. The government of the colony demanded to know who her lover was‚ but Hester repeatedly refused to incriminate him. Because Hester never identified
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In the two short stories‚ “Young Goodman Brown” and‚ “The Minister’s Black Veil‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts a romantic view of people and sin. Hawthorne himself is the great grandson of one of the judges who accused people mistakenly at the Salem Witch Trials. Because of this memory‚ he is tormented by morals‚ and most of his literature is romance‚ where the setting is dark and gloomy and the main character does not give in to evil‚ even though he or she experiences its powerful prevalence. Apart
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