nathaniel hawthorne born salem, massachusetts, july 4, 1804. from a prominent puritan family....
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Born Salem, Massachusetts, July 4, 1804.
• From a prominent Puritan family.• Earliest American ancestor was
William Hawthorne—1630—he was a soldier and magistrate.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• William mainly remembered for having condemned a Quaker woman to be led around by carts and whipped through the streets of Boston and other towns.
• This creates conflicting attitudes: solid accomplishment vs. great guilt
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Hawthorne associated these attitudes with Puritanism as a whole.
• His works deal with guilt and the Puritan moral code as well as human loneliness and sin.
• He worked for the Boston customhouse, then joined Brook Farm
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Married Sophia Peabody—happy marriage.
• She in many ways was Hawthorne’s model for Hester Prynne.
• He was one of the first writers to create a truly psychological novel.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Issues and Themes in SL• Psychology• Puritanism• Evil• Symbols• Sin• Romance• Heart
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Hawthorne’s fiction is fueled by an awareness of the guilt that accompanies a Puritan conscience.
• His familial background contributed to his darkness.
• He participated in the Brook Farm Experiment.
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Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism was a 19th century movement in the Romantic tradition which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition, which transcends reason and sensory experience.
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Transcendentalism
Basic tenets of Transcendentalists1. God is present in every aspect
of Nature, including every human being.
2. Everyone is capable of apprehending God through the use of intuition.
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Transcendentalism
3. The belief that all of Nature is symbolic of the spirit.