NathanielHawthorne

- Born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massaschusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hathorne - Died on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire at the age of 59 - A descendant John Hathorne of a judge from the Salem Witch Trial of 1692 - At the age of 38, he married Sophia Amelia Peabody - Went to Bowdoin College (1821-1824) - School mates with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Franklin Pierce(14th President of the United States) • **Professional Life** - Published his first book //Fanshawe// when he was 24 - Had the working styles of Edgar Allan Poe, with a dark view of human nature - In 1846, he was unable to earn a living as a writer and appointed surveyor of Port of Salem - Best known for //The Scarlet Letter// (1850) and //The House of Seven Gables// (1851) • Period and/or Style** - Romanticism - 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: illustrates aspects of pride in various characters as: physical pride, spiritual pride, and intellectual pride. - Puritan New England: used as a background and setting in many tales. - Allegory: didactic and moralistic. - Conflicts: individual vs. society, self-fulfillment vs. accommodation or frustration, hypocrisy vs. integrity, love vs. hate, exploitation vs. hurting, and fate vs. free will.
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