NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE(JULY 4,1804- MAY 19,1864)

“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

Hawthorne's Family

Nathanial Hathorne (father) and Elizabeth Clarke Manning (Mother)

John Hathorne (great great grandfather) One of the Judges in the Salem Witch Trials

Sophia Peabody (wife) Una (1st Child) Julian (2nd child) Rose (3rd Child)

How His Upbringing Influenced his Writing

Raised with Puritan beliefs Great Great Grandfather whom was a

judge on the Salem Witch trials After graduating from College changed

the spelling of his last name. Transgressions of his beliefs was the

subject of many of his writings Created a new Genre of writing called

Dark Romanticism

His Main Themes

Sin Guilt Evil Adultery Super natural Witch craft

Famous Works

The Scarlett Letter Based in 17th Century Boston Talks about Adultery and the punishment a

young woman faces for her crime Published in 1850

The House of the Seven Gables Written in 1851 Based in 19th Century New England Talks about a family living in New England that

are supposedly witches but blames the house of doing witchcraft.

These Hang in Salem at the Salem Witch Trials Muesum

Quotes from the Author

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self! – Nathaniel Hawthorne

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. -Nathaniel Hawthorne

Work Cited

Moncur,Micheal “Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Quotes” quotationspage.com 1994-2013. 27, February 2013

“Nathaniel Hawthorne” Wikipedia. 25 February 2013. 27th February 2013

SalemwitchMuesum.com 2012. 27th February, 2013