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Born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts. His father, William Hathorne (not a spelling mistake), Sr., was a sea captain who died in 1808 of yellow fever in Suriname. After his father’s death, young Nathaniel, his mother, and his two sisters moved in with their relatives, the Mannings. In his early twenties, after learning that his ancestor, John Hathorne, was one of the key judges who oversaw the infamous Salem Witch Trials, Hawthorne decided to add the letter w to his last name in an effort to disassociate himself from his notorious predecessor.

In 1836 Hawthorne served as the editor of the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. In the Spring of 1837, he collected the short stories, “Young Goodman Brown”, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, and various others into one volume, Twice-Told Tales. Hawthorne became locally famous for this piece. His neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, invited him into his social circle, but Hawthorne was usually shy and stayed silent when at gatherings. Hawthorne married Sophia Peabody on July 9, Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne had three children, Una, Julian, and Rose.

Hawthorne traveled to Washington D.C. in He met Abraham Lincoln and other notable figures while there, and wrote about these encounters in the essay “Chiefly About War Matters”. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864 in his sleep. Ironically his son, Julian, was accepted into the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Harvard by being placed in a coffin the following day unaware of his father’s death.

Captain Nathaniel Hawthorne Sr. Salem Witch Trial When Hawthorne was four his father died. His last name was smeared due to his forefathers involvement in the Salem Witch Trials. He lived a solitary life with his mother, who became extremely withdrawn and guilt stricken. His leg was injured in 1831 and was on bed rest for weeks.

Forced to be in bed for weeks During this time Hawthorne began to take an interest in reading Belief in determinism* Hawthorne may have believed in this concept because of his own alienation in the community Uses the theme of alienation in many of his stories; a character is in a state of isolation due to self- cause *a philosophical principle similar to cause and effect

Hawthorne believed in the Devil Hawthorne treats pride as pure evil illustrated in many of his stories Hawthorne’s Puritan background greatly effected his writing The problem of guilt forced by Puritan beliefs is widespread throughout his work The Puritan lifestyle and society is used as the setting for many of his short stories

Alienation - a character is in a state of isolation because of self-cause, or societal cause, or a combination of both. Initiation - involves the attempts of an alienated character to get rid of his isolated condition. Problem of Guilt -a character's sense of guilt forced by the puritanical heritage or by society; also guilt vs. innocence. Pride - Hawthorne treats pride as evil.

Fiction  Doctor Grimshawe's Secret  Fanshawe  The Blithedale Romance  The House of Seven Gables  The Marble Faun  The Scarlet Letter Our Old Home Chiefly About War Matters Nonfiction/Essay

A Bell's Biography, A Book of Autographs, A Rill From the Town Pump, A Select Party, A Virtuoso's Collection, Beneath An Umbrella, Biographical Sketches, Biographical Stories, Buds and Bird Voices, Chippings With A Chisel, David Swan, Dr. Bullivant, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, Drowne's Wooden Image, Earth's Holocaust, Edward Fane's Rosebud, Endicott and the Red Cross, Ethan Brand, Fancy's Show-Box, Feathertop: A Moralized Legend Fire Worship, Footprints on the Sea-Shore, John Inglefield's Thanksgiving, Legends of the Province House: I. Howe's Masquerade, Legends of the Province House: II. Edward Randolph's Portrait, Legends of the Province House: III. Lady Eleanore's Mantle, Legends of the Province House: IV. Old Esther Dudley, Little Annie's Ramble, Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe, Mrs. Bullfrog, My Kinsman, Major Molineux, P.'s Correspondence, Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure, Rappaccini's Daughter, Roger Malvin's Burial, Sights From A Steeple, Snow Flakes, Sunday at Home, Sylph Etherege, The Ambitious Guest, The Artist of the Beautiful, The Birthmark, The Canterbury Pilgrims, The Celestial Railroad, The Christmas Banquet, The Devil in Manuscript, The Dolliver Romance, The Egotism; or Bosom Serpent, The Gentle Boy, The Gorgon's Head, The Gray Champion, The Great Carbuncle, The Great Stone Face, The Hall of Fantasy, The Haunted Mind, The Hollow of the, Three Hills, The Intelligence Office, The Lily's Quest, The Man of Adamant, The Maypole of Merry Mount, The Minister's Black Veil, The New Adam and Eve, The Old Apple Dealer, The Old Manse, The Procession of Life, The Prophetic Pictures, The Seven Vagabonds, The Shaker Bridal, The Sister Years, The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle, The Threefold Destiny, The Toll Gatherer's Day, The Village Uncle, The Vision of the Fountain, The Wedding Knell, The White Old Maid, The Wives of The Dead, Time's Portraiture, Wakefield, Young Goodman Brown Hawthorne was a very prolific writer, creating over one hundred short stories and numerous other works.

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“In token of my admiration for his genius, this book is inscribed to Nathaniel Hawthorne.” ~Herman Melville author of Moby Dick “Mr. Hawthorne, the author of Twice-Told Tales, is scarcely recognised by the press or by the public, and when noticed at all, is noticed merely to be damned by faint praise… First, that Mr. Hawthorne is a poor man, and, second, that he is not an ubiquitous* quack.” ~Edgar Allan Poe *–adjective, existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent “Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne "The fine thing in Hawthorne is that he cared for the deeper psychology, and that, in his way, he tried to become familiar with it.”~ Henry James Poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote that he admired the "weird and subtle beauty" in Hawthorne's tales.

How many children did Nathaniel Hawthorne have? What was his wife’s name?

Name two famous short stories by Hawthorne. What famous novel did Herman Melville dedicate to Nathaniel Hawthorne? What were some of the major influences that modified Hawthorne’s writing?

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