Nathaniel Hawthorne, an early-American writer plagued by the sins of his ancestors, channeled the guilt and shame he felt to write novels and short stories that would earn himself a spot among the most-read and most famous American writers of all time. Hawthorne's great-grandfather, a judge in the Salem Witch Trials, inspired Hawthorne's writings to be centered around the inherited evil and sin of humanity. ... Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne, a prominent 1800s New England citizen, wrote about subjects and themes that were relevant to his o...

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In the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne presents a number of themes but the most important and significant are guilt, alienation, and redemption. ... Hawthorne uses symbolism to show the alienation of Prynne by making her wear this bright red scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. ... Hawthorne redeems his guilt by writing the Scarlet Letter. ... Hawthorne has a number of themes in the Scarlet Letter, but the most significant are guilt, alienation and redemption. The main literary device that Hawthorne used to show these themes is symbolism and there are many others....

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is born with a biased against this culture; this is because of his ancestral lineage to one of the leading participants in the Salem Witch Trials. It was because of this lineage that Hawthorne likely changed his name. His family name at his birth was Nathaniel Hathorne (which was not spelled with a "W"), though after Hawthorne had done some extensive research on the Salem Witch Trials and the Puritan culture, he became disgusted with their entire way of life and thence added a "W" to his family name which he carried until his death. ... Hawthorne's depiction of the hyp...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is born with a biased against this culture; this is because of his ancestral lineage to one of the leading participants in the Salem Witch Trials. It was because of this lineage that Hawthorne likely changed his name. His family name at his birth was Nathaniel Hathorne (which was not spelled with a "W"), though after Hawthorne had done some extensive research on the Salem Witch Trials and the Puritan culture, he became disgusted with their entire way of life and thence added a "W" to his family name which he carried until his death. ... Hawthorne's depiction of the hyp...

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A major theme in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter is pride. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne had a preoccupation with sin and pride, just like his Puritan ancestors. ... I think that Nathaniel Hawthorne also wrote this to portray certain morals needed in that time period, that even still apply today. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne proves this point in his novel "The Scarlet Letter". ... In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter", the people of the community's true characters reveal themselves when in chapter 11 page 99, Reverend Dimmesdale confess's that he is a sinner like them. ... In chapter 5 page 56, Hawthorne describes Hester making richly embroidered clothing at all hours for public officials. ... Hawthorne describes this in chapter 7 page 72, with this "a large pewter tankard"-"frothy remnant of a recent draught ale." ... Nathaniel Hawthorne showed us tha...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is even related to Judge Hawthorne from The Crucible. ... Thus it becomes related to Nathaniel Hawthorne's book whose entire plot revolves around the sin of adultery. ... Miller was straighter and truer to his themes while Hawthorne used a lot of detail, probably too much, to exaggerate the characters' feelings while still getting the objective across. ...

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"Know, then, this veil is a type and a symbol, and I am bound to wear it ever, both in light and darkness, in solitude and before the gaze of multitudes, and as with strangers, so with my familiar friends. No mortal eye will see it withdrawn. This dismal shade must separate me from the world..." (Ha...

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Young Goodman Brown written by Nathaniel Hawthorne ultimately exhibits the underlying personalities of a small Puritan town, set in Salem Massachusetts, home of the original Salem witch trials. ... Brown learns that the entire town is motivated by evil, which Hawthorne uses many written devices to portray. ... Hawthorne also uses the forest as a symbol of darkness and mystery, as it is separated from the safety and light of the city. ... This story illustrates the boundaries between good and evil, which Hawthorne uses simple symbolism to portray. ... Bibliography Hawthorne, Nathaniel. ...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "Young Goodman Brown," the reader is introduced to a young man who has made a conscious decision to go into the forest to meet with Satan. ... Hawthorne plays with the Puritan views shared by the people of Salem, creating an allegorical meaning in the text. ... Hawthorne plays on the view that many Puritans shared during this time period, the fear of the wild and unknown. ... Additionally, Hawthorne uses the pink ribbon as a symbol for Faith throughout the story. ... Hawthorne wrote the short story "Young Goodman Brown" due to his ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's grandfather was a judge in the Salem witch trials and Hawthorne was always haunted by his family's past. ... The character tells the devil that he cannot walk with him because he would not be able to look his minister in the eyes again if he did, but later when the devil brought him to his meeting, his minister was there cavorting with the devil (Hawthorne). ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne in Young Goodman Brown combines episodes from reality and fantasy. ... In addition, Hawthorne chooses pink ribbons to symbolize Faith's passion and innocence. ... Hawthorne goes on with description of the dream journey into the forest to the witches. ... It seems that Hawthorne combines Goodman's experience with his personal life, the life where no trust between people exist and where is no spiritual faith. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne leaves so many questions unanswered. ...

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The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are two exceptional books that deal with the issue of guilt .The Crucible portrayed to be a modern play written by Arthur Miller based on a true story, of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. On the other hand, The Scarlet Letter was an old-fashion, fiction novel writt...

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"Young Goodman Brown- was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts during the early eighteen hundreds. ... All of these pieces of information are common in the settings and topics of most of Hawthorne's works. ... Hawthorne shows us the great importance of our faith in God, our family and friends, and at length, ourselves. ... Hawthorne also feels he is right and that you have to make your own decision about your Faith. ... Another key element that Hawthorne uses to play a major role in the story is setting. ...

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Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story in which man's fall is inevitable. ... The allegory that Hawthorne is trying to portray in the story is that Young Goodman Brown explores man's instinctive drive to do sin through his journey in which the fall is inevitable. ... Hawthorne uses the name of Brown's wife as a symbol for Brown's personal faith in goodness. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the most brilliant writers of the 19th century. ... Hawthorne arouses the following associations by choosing "Salem Village" (65) in the heart of the Puritan North England as the home of Young Goodman Brown. ... The attentive reader may recognize this as an indication to Hawthorne himself whose ancestors mirror these actions in a similar way in their actual lives. ...

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If the steps and concept of symbolism are then applied to the Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, we would find a multitude of example of symbols in the characters' lives, objects and the characters themselves. ... Pearl is described as her mother's "treasure" and always being seen with a circle of light surrounding her which shows how the light symbol is shown (Hawthorne 81). ... Seemingly well informed, Pearl explains this occurrence being caused by the fact that "the sunshine does not love her" mother and it is afraid of something on her chest...

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The Puritans were a group of English protestants who moved from England to America in order to have religious freedom. In the late 16th and 17th centuries, puritanism was widely spread in New England, especially Massachusetts. Their community was growing bigger as time went by in New England. It def...

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Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story about the loss of innocence and faith in mankind. ... Hawthorne writes, "A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream."" Even Young Goodman Brown's " dying hour was gloom" Hawthorne shows the development of Young Goodman Brown as he discovers that his true nature as evil. ...

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