... nonpayment of his poll tax. This act of defiance was a protest against slavery and against the Mexican War, which Thoreau and other abolitionists regarded as a means to expand the slave territory. Hawthorne also wrote many stories, one including The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter was first published on March 16, 1950, and was an immediate success. The novel deals with the effects that guilt produces in its main characters. For instance ... , the main character, Hester Prynne, who has just given birth to an illegitimate daughter, has been required ... ...

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... States of America. In 1836 Nathaniel joined a cult call the transcendentalist, led by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the year 1841 Nathaniel invested 1500 dollars into the Brook Farm Utopian Community only to leave within one year. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote many great works during his life, some of witch is still read to this very day. Some of his works include The Custom House, The Scarlet Letter, and Fanshawe just to name ... a few. Fanshawe was a imitate of Sir Walter Scott witch Nathaniel self publish in 1828. The Custom House was a prequel to The Scarlet Letter witch also did very well in...

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