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Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography
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The Li fe o f Hawthorne
Born July 4th, 1804 in Salem, Mass.
His father Nathaniel Hathorne Sr. was a sea captain.
His mother Elizabeth Clarke Manning was a descendent of blacksmiths
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Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College
He wrote several successful short stories which were collected in Twice-Told Tales (1837).
The Li fe o f Hawthorne
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Hawthorne returned to Salem where he met Sophia Peabody.
They were married in 1842.
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In 1846 Hawthorne accepted a political appointment to the Salem Custom House as Surveyor of the Port .
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This bureaucratic position stunted Hawthorne’s creativity.
Hawthorne’s mother died in 1849.
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Hawthorne left Salem, which he called "that abominable city," saying that he now had no reason to remain.
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His great-grandfather John Hathorne was the chief-interrogator of the “Salem Witches.”
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In 1830, however, he published "The Hollow of the Three Hills," under the name of Nathaniel Hathorne.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne died on May 18, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
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Famous Work
FICTION Doctor
Grimshawe's Secret
Fanshawe The Blithe dale
Romance The House of
Seven Gables The Marble Faun
The Scarlet Letter
NON-FICTION Our Old Home
Chiefly About War Matters
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Major Theme
Alienation - a character is in a state of isolation because of self-cause, or societal cause, or a combination of both.
Initiation - involves the attempts of an alienated character to get rid of his isolated condition.
Problem of Guilt -a character's sense of guilt forced by the puritanical heritage or by society; also guilt vs. innocence.
Pride - Hawthorne treats pride as evil.
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H a w t h o r n e ’ s V i e w s o f Tr a n s c e n d e n t a l i s m
Hawthorne did not conform to the Romantic focus on the emotions and abandonment of reason.
Hawthorne strove to create a balance between “head and heart.”
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Hawthorne believed that human fulfillment was achieved through a balance between mind, reason, heart, spirit, will, and imagination.
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Hawthorne’s balanced approach placed him in opposition to other Transcendentalists – Emerson, Thoreau, and Longfellow.
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