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Emotion in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

            Many of Hawthorne's stories describe peoples' emotions in good detail. Heidegger's Experiment" is all about people and their emotions. The first part of the story describes each different character's life and how they have messed it up terribly. He lets you get to know the characters well on the inside so the story has more of an impact on the reader. Then he ends up describing them emotionally after they have taken a drink from the waters of the fountain of youth that shows how they have reverted back to their old naive selves. He does all this while teaching a lesson about life. Also in "The Ministers Black Veil," Hawthorne goes into great detail on how the people react emotionally to the black veil the minister was wearing. His emotional backbone to his stories is what makes them work and is what makes his writing romantic.Many of Hawthorne's stories describe peoples' emotions in good detail. "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" is all about people and their emotions. The first part of the story describes each different character's life and how they have messed it up terribly. He lets you get to know the characters well on the inside so the story has more of an impact on the reader. Then he ends up describing them emotionally after they have taken a drink from the waters of the fountain of youth that shows how they have reverted back to their old naive selves. He does all this while teaching a lesson about life. Also in "The Ministers Black Veil," Hawthorne goes into great detail on how the people react emotionally to the black veil the minister was wearing. His emotional backbone to his stories is what makes them work and is what makes his writing romantic.Many of Hawthorne's stories describe peoples' emotions in good detail. "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" is all about people and their emotions. The first part of the story describes each different character's life and how they have messed it up terribly.


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1. Nathaniel Hawthorne

This point becomes apparent in several of his literary works. The short story "Young Goodman Brown" was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne uses this stereotype when naming the main female character in this story "Faith." ... Nathaniel Hawthorne allows the Faith and Goody Cloyse to act on these beliefs. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne has painted a picture as to how women were treated after they disobeyed society. ...

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2. Hawthorne on Morality and Sin

Nathaniel Hawthorne, an early-American writer plagued by the sins of his ancestors, channeled the guilt and shame he felt to write novels and short stories that would earn himself a spot among the most-read and most famous American writers of all time. ... Although understanding Hawthorne's works can be challenging, by closely examining Hawthorne's biography, along with the subjects and themes of his writings, the reader will better understand how Hawthorne's personal demons inspired him to deliver his messages of human imperfections through his writings. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne...

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3. Hawthorne

Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" Hawthorne's tales can be and have been interpreted in many different ways. ... (Nathaniel) Like Goodman Brown, Hawthorne's grandfather was a judge in the trials. ... (Mikosh) (Nathaniel) As a part of the transcendentalist movement, Hawthorne was also struggling to define spirituality and religion through his works. ( ) Hawthorne was a man torn by contradictions and the end of this story is a reflection of the man who wrote it. ... Hawthorne was attempting to find the truth in his own life and he reflected these emotions into Goodman...

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4. Hawthorne's Portrayal Of Puritanical Hypocricy

To some, Nathaniel Hawthorne has earned both of these titles. ... Hawthorne himself was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and set the majority of his works there. ... It is interesting to note often contained such intense emotions as jealousy, lust, and revenge, Hawthorne never allows these to appear. ... Each of these works demonstrated the element in a very effective way. ... These two of Hawthorne's works are very good examples of how Puritan hypocrisy can make them look very spiteful. ...

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5. Human

Therefore, naturally, writers often incorporate ideas and opinions based on their own lives into their works. ... As a result of personal experience, Gothic writers including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde are moved to portray their respective negative views of humanity's quest for immortality in their literary works. Renowned author Nathaniel Hawthorne demeans the notions of perfection and humans "acting with the Hand of God" in his short story "The Birth-mark". ... Thus, through his writing, Nathaniel Hawthorne is able to voice his thought...

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6. Beauty; The Unattainable Possession

Beauty; the unattainable possession Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of literature's greatest and also most well known American writer's of his time. ... Critics praised Hawthorne for his works and he even got a reward for one of his biography pieces. ... Owen goes through many emotions throughout the story which reveal what beauty is to him. ... In 1825, "Nathaniel Hawthorne seemed to have little chance of becoming a writer. ... Hawthorne's amazing use of symbolism and other writing devices in his works not only capture your interest but let you enter new worlds" that he created ...

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7. The Dark Side of Human Nature: Poe and Hawthorne

Dark Romantic authors like Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne use gothic elements in order to portray the dark and gloomy undertones of the psyche of the stories' characters, and through the characters, essentially the nature of all humans. ... Poe had a very difficult and tragic short life, which explains the pain and darkness found in all of his works. ... A great number of his works is unquestionably fixated in his Puritan heritage. ... Having Puritan ancestors, Hawthorne had strong morals which are prevalent in all of his works. ... Emphasizing on emotions, the writers can be...

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8. Symbolism - A Door Into Understanding

The different points of a symbol that help identify it are seen in universal, conventional and accidental symbols, listed in Fomms work, and are represented in other such works such as Birkerts. ... If the steps and concept of symbolism are then applied to the Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, we would find a multitude of example of symbols in the characters' lives, objects and the characters themselves. ... Hawthorne constantly has commentary about Pearl and her elf-like tendencies and how she never seemed to fit in with the town of Salem or even with Hester: "Th...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. The Public Ignominy of Sin

In a constant struggle to be faithful to God and to perform good works that would ensure status as Elect, members of Puritan society faced much pressure to be exemplary citizens. ... In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the author uses the scaffold scenes to depict the idea of private versus public sin. ... Here is the first presentation of Hawthorne's idea in regard to private versus public sin. ... In the end, it was demonstrated that Hawthorne feels that sin should be kept private but atonement can only be achieved by confessing one's part in sin and trying to ...

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