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   Mar 26, 2013 · Hawthorne’s elaborately wrought fictions seem designed to reconnect us with a great mythic narrative at the foundation of the Western intellectual and moral tradition: the ultimate cautionary tale of how the acquisition of worldly power beyond one’s ken, and the transgression of venerable taboos and ancient boundaries, will surely lead to physical and moral ruin . . . like all the greatest ...

2. scholarworks.calstate.edu › concern › thesesHawthorne's fiction : the psychology of sin and guilt

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   Hawthorne's emphasis was one of effect and not so much one of cause. Hawthorne's interest in the psychology of sin and guilt stemmed undoubtedly from his fascination with his Puritan past. The self-righteous attitudes and judgemental stance that his forefathers often assumed helped to shape his views on sin, guilt, and man.

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   One of the most significant ways in which the Bible influenced Hawthorne's works is through its emphasis on sin and guilt. Many of Hawthorne's stories, such as "The Scarlet Letter," "Young Goodman Brown," and "The Minister's Black Veil," explore the themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, drawing heavily on Christian imagery and symbolism. In these

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   About; Subscribe; Sin and Forgiveness in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Ethan Brand” 11 Dec 2018. Justin D. Lyons. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Ethan Brand,” the title character undertakes a quest for the Unpardonable Sin; but the story does not simply follow the Scriptural definition of this sin: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-29; Luke 12:10).

5. core.ac.uk › download › pdfThe Burden of Secret Sin: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Fiction - CORE

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   Donoghue attempted a definition but he justly remarked that in Hawthorne, the notion of sin seems “all general and vague” at first, while “none of the characters has a convinced sense of sin” in total accordance with the Biblical cannon (Donoghue 1, 2). Donoghue explains that when Hawthorne “referred to sin, he seemed to assume a ...

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   Hawthorne's interest in the psychology of sin and guilt stemmed undoubtedly from his fascination with his Puritan past. The self-righteous attitudes and judgemental stance that his forefathers often assumed helped to shape his views on sin, guilt, and man. Among the various aspects of sin that Hawthorne dealt

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   What does Hawthorne say about sin?

   • Hawthorne clearly points out that though sin that is exposed and also confessed frees the mind of the sinner, and usually brings a certain level of transformation in one’s life, one that is hidden is likely to cause damage and fatality. This is shown when Arthur Dimmesdale suffers within the period of seven years of quietness.

   "Unpardonable Sin" by Hawthorne - 616 Words | Essay Example

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   Was Hawthorne a humanist?

   • But in Hawthorne’s writings, as in New England society more broadly, we see too that there was no immediate flight from Puritanism to secular humanism. Hawthorne wrestled mightily with spiritual and theological themes, with guilt and sin playing major roles in his body of work.

   Darkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience

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   Did Hawthorne break with Puritan theology?

   • It is undoubtedly true that Hawthorne broke with Puritan theology and mores. He flirted with Transcendentalism (though he was never much of a joiner) and his funeral was held in a Unitarian church. He had no stomach for the wrath of God, and the concept of damnation set his teeth on edge even when a boy.

   Darkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience

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   Was Hawthorne a jeremiad?

   • The jeremiads of former days had fallen silent, and with them the larger-than-life preachers who ruled the conscience. It is undoubtedly true that Hawthorne broke with Puritan theology and mores. He flirted with Transcendentalism (though he was never much of a joiner) and his funeral was held in a Unitarian church.

   Darkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience

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   What was Hawthorne's mind like?

   • The mind of Hawthorne, it seemed then and later, was something like the Salem namesake of his 1851 book, The House of the Seven Gables. It was magisterial and mysterious, filled with many rooms, open for contemplation yet not eager for tenants. The Blithedale Romance followed in 1852, The Marble Faun in 1860.

   Darkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience

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   What did Hawthorne read?

   • Hawthorne read the college’s required texts with interest—Locke on reason, Paley on evidentialist Christianity, and Herodotus on history—but according to biographer Brenda Wineapple found equal pleasure in his status as “a charter member of the secret Pot-8-O Club, dedicated to weekly poems” and no small amount of illicit alcohol.

   Darkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience

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   Ida Kjensli Johansen Guilt and Sin in Puritan Society BA Literature and Nation Abstract This thesis is a study of how Hawthorne addresses the themes of guilt and sin in American Puritan society in his short stories “The Maypole of Merry Mount”, “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil” written in the 1830s.