Nathaniel Hawthore
One of America's greatest writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne, wrote on many philosophical issues that he viewed during his own time. It is quite ironic that he wrote his works hundreds of years ago, and the issues that plagues mankind then, still plague mankind today. In the opening chapter of The Scarlet Letter the narrator says: "A writer of story-books! What kind of a business in life,-what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day and generation,-may that be? Why, the degenerate fellow might as well have been a fiddler!" Such are the compliments bandied between my great-grandsires and myself, across the gulf of time! And yet, let them scorn me as they will, strong traits of their nature have intertwined themselves with mine." (Hawthorne 26)When the author begins to talk about his "grandsires", he is talking about the problems of the past which haven't gone away in the time between his life, and his grandsires death. In his shorts stories (Young Goodman Brown and The Birth-Mark in particular) and in his famous novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne discusses many issues based on the ideas of morality during the Puritan colonial period in America. However, after review, all of these issues le
Faith is a symbol in the story of a pure heart, and, as Hawthorne depicts the story, even the purest of hearts can fall victim to sin, and thus imperfection. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Many people, especially back during the Puritan times, that total absolvsion is gained though death. "And why not, mother?" asked Pearl, stopping short. You have aimed loftily!0you have done nobly. A final point from Young Goodman Brown came when Young Goodman Brown got to the worship grounds in the woods and saw everyone from town. He did not understand that to deny being imperfect, is to deny being human. People saw her sin as the fact that she is "only human". In conclusion, Hawthorne uses his literary gifts to make the world see that people are not perfect. Hester understands that there is nothing she can do about her imperfection, as illustrated in the passage: "Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you.
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