The Scarlet Letter Notes
These are my classnotes about THE SCARLET LETTER; be careful I have had no time to revise it, but I think it can be useful.
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804. His family descended from the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; among his forebears was John Hathorne, one of the judges at the 1692 Salem witch trials. Throughout his life, Hawthorne was both fascinated and disturbed by his kinship with John Hawthorne. The theme of guilt is typical of Hawthorne. Melville said that Hawthorne was ashamed for what his ancestors had done in religious persecutions.
After college Hawthorne tried his had at writing, producing historical sketches and an anonymous novel, Fanshawe. Hawthorne also held positions as an editor and as a custom surveyor during this period. His growing relationship with the intellectual circle of Ralph Waldo Emerson led him to abandon his customs post for......
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