Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne's life, as seen in his writing, shows solitary self analysisexpressed as symbolism which exhibits the weakness he found in all mankind. The ease inwhich one can understand his symbolism has influenced American Literature. Hawthorne's cynical themes of human nature were represented in The Ministers Blackveil, The Birthmark, and Rappaccini's Daughter. Hawthorne's preoccupation withscientific and Puritan religious values shows his belief in mans shortcomings through the The solitary character, found in Hawthorne's short stories, was based on his ownlife. He lived a reclusive life starting at four when his father died of yellow fever. Hismother, Elizabeth Clark Manning Hathorne, and her three children were forced to moveback to her father's house. In a house filled with thirteen others and a mother whomourned her husband in seclusion Nathaniel found it necessary to spend as much timealone as possible. His interest in reading began at seven when he injured his foot in a ballgame and recuperating for several years instilled in him the love of literature (Hart 320).Being alone was a habit for him and deepened when he would spen
Alylmerin "his youth, had made discoveries in the elemental powers of nature . After Hawthorne published Twice - Told Tales, thanks to Franklin Pierce, heenjoyed a brief period of employment at the Boston Common House (Bowmen). Then Giovanni tells her that he hasheard how smart she is, she denies it by saying "methinks I would fain rid myself of eventhat small knowledge . d time alone at hisfamily's lake in Maine ( Rivendell's). He names Puritans as hypocrites whenFather Hopper says "Tremble also at each other! . The menof scenic in both stories have put their love of science before everything including theirlives and loves. Hawthorne reveals his feeling toward science and men of higher learning in TheBirthmark and Rappaccini's Daughter. Hawthorne calmed his own anxiety about marriage when he wrote TheMinisters Black Veil. will pass away like a dream" (Lauter 2239 - 2255). Hart, James (1965) The Oxford Companion to American Literature, Forth and Fifth Edition New York: Oxford University Press pg. His ancestors were William Hawthorne who in1630 ordered the whipping of a Quaker woman and 1692 John Hathorne was a judge inthe Salem witch trials (Magill 197). After the writing of these short stories he wrote the novel that has madehim famous for his symbolism.
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