Kiran Thomas 10/27/02 English 10 Honors The Scarlet Letter: Chap. 1-2 Chapter One In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne sets a gloomy and dark mood. The descriptions of the peoples clothing " in sad colored garments and ... reader's mind of the tone and mood of the novel. The term juxtapose can be best defined as to place one on top of another. In the opening chapter of The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne juxtaposes the image of a prison against the image of a rosebush. The weathered prison described with its "gloomy front," which "seemed never ... prison with the beauty and fragili...

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... anonymously. Finally, in 1837, Hawthorne decided to use his own name and published Twice-Told Tales, a collection of his short stories, many of which had previously been published anonymously. The book was a great success and received exceptionally positive feedback ("Nathaniel Hawthorne - Biography"). In 1838, Hawthorne met Sophia Peabody, a young woman who shared his shy and quiet nature. In 1841, in an ... the morbid style present through his work. Hawthorne was highly ashamed of his Puritan family background, which played an especially large role in both his views and his writing (R...

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