1. “The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.” (Family Quotes, Sayings About Family) Nathaniel Hawthorne First published in 1851

2. About the Author 1804-1864 Puritan ancestors Leg injury as a child Attended Bowdoin college from 1821-1825 Married Sophia Peabody Reason for death is unknown (Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography)

3. Other Works 1825-1836 Fanshawe The Scarlet Letter The Blithedale Romance, Tanglewood Tales, A Wonder Book, Our Old Home, The Marble Farm (Liukkonen) (Merriman)

4. Main Characters Protagonists: – Hepzibah – Clifford – Phoebe – Holgrave Antagonists: – Judge Jaffery – Colonel Pyncheon

5. Historical Background Lived during the 1800s Many things from his past are seen in the novel

6. Rising Action Pyncheon family curse. Hepzibah has lived shut up in her house and Clifford has been in jail for the past 30 years. Hepzibah opens the shop due to financial difficulties. Phoebe comes live with Hepzibah. Clifford is released from jail. Pyncheon family curse strikes! Judge Jaffery keeps an eye on the house.

7. Climax Judge Pyncheon dies! Clifford and Hepzibah then run away.

8. Falling Action Town suspects Hepzibah and Clifford murdered the Judge. The Judge’s death is similar to his uncle’s death 30 years ago. Clifford and Hepzibah return home. Remaining Pyncheons inherit Judge Pyncheon’s fortune and move out of the house.

9. Author’s Objective The evil’s of a families past can and will move on to affect future generations. “If so, we are left to dispose of the awful query, whether each inheritor of the property—conscious of wrong, and failing to rectify it—did not commit anew the great guilt of his ancestor, and incur all its original responsibilities. And supposing such to be the case, would it not be a far truer mode of expression to say of the Pyncheon family, that they inherited a great misfortune, than the reverse?” (Hawthorne) Successful!

10. School of Literature Romanticism

11. Personal Opinion Really, really, really, hard to get in to Way too wordy Sentences too long Very interesting plot Vivid characters Good writing, just not my style

12. Pictures Cited Slide 3 – http://www.scarlet-letter.com/

13. Work Cited “Family Quotes, Sayings About Families.” Quote Garden. N.p., 5 Sept. 2011. Web. 3 Nov. 2011.. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of Seven Gables. 1851. N.p.: Walking Lion Press, 2006. Print. Liukkonen, Petri. "Nathaniel Hawthorne." Kirijasto. N.p., 2008. Web. 3 Nov. 2011.. Merriman, C.D. “Nathaniel Hawthorne-Biography and Works.” The Literature Network. Jalic Inc., 2007. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.. “Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. Advameg Inc., 2011. Web. 2 Nov. 2011..