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Oct 25, 2024 · Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) is one of the greatest fiction writers of 19th-century America. A novelist and short-story writer, he was a master of the allegorical and symbolic tale. Hawthorne is best known for the novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851).
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In its depiction of Puritanism, The Crucible most resembles Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Both works show that not only is Puritanism harsh and strict, but that this harshness makes it blind, cruel, hypocritical, and destructive.
Jan 23, 2024 · Nathaniel Hawthorne's book, The House of the Seven Gables and his ancestor Judge John Hathorne who oversaw the Salem witch Trials.
Dec 10, 2019 · In its depiction of Puritanism, The Crucible most resembles Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Both works show that not only is Puritanism harsh and strict, but that this harshness makes it blind, cruel, hypocritical, and destructive.
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- The Scarlet Letter. Published in 1850, the Scarlet Letter is a novel set in 17th century Puritan New England and is about a young woman who becomes pregnant after having an affair and is ostracized by her community.
- The House of Seven Gables. Published in 1851, the novel is about an old New England family and their ancestral home and was inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts.
- The Blithedale Romance. Published in 1852, this novel is about a group of friends living at an utopian community called Blithedale farm and was inspired by Hawthorne’s own experiences living at a commune called Brook farm.
- The Marble Faun. Published in 1860, this novel is a murder mystery and romance story involving three Americans and an Italian count in Rome, Italy. The story revolves around a murder and the impact it has on the four main characters.
May 1, 2018 · The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter both mark the lives of those in the bland puritan societies who have committed crimes of passion. In The Crucible, John Proctor makes the mistake of having...
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Apr 22, 2021 · Below, we introduce ten of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s best novels and stories, all of which are well worth reading. 1. ‘ Young Goodman Brown ’. This 1835 story is one of Hawthorne’s earliest mature works, and is arguably his best-known and most acclaimed short story, inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692.
