Sophia Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Clark Hathorne(later the “W” was added) on July 4th, 1804 in Salem Massachusetts. He was born into a Puritan legacy because of his ancestor, William Hathorne, who emigrated from England to the United States. When Nathaniel Hawthorne was only about four years old, his father had passed away. So he grew up raised by his mother, along with his two sisters and lived with his rich uncle 's. When he was very young, he suffered from an injury in…

Thesis statement: Nathaniel Hawthorne was a very famous man in the 1800’s who wrote dark stories and poems. “Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in a town named Salem, Massachusetts on July 4th, he was the son of a sea captain and a mother who own the stagecoach that ran between Boston and Salem.” (biography web) The real name of the Hawthornes is Hathorne but was later changed so they wouldn’t be related to the Hathornes in the witch times. Nathaniel Hawthorne was the only boy out of the family, he…

Rough Draft Nathaniel Hawthorne is an American author from the early 1800s. Hawthorne wrote many children’s story’s and romance novels. As Hawthorne started publishing his short story’s he began to add an additional “w” to his name, his name went from “Hathorne" to “Hawthorne.” “Hawthorne had two characteristics of life, those who follow their head and intellect, and those who follow their heart” (Diorio 11). This was the basis of Hawthorne’s way of life. Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing has…

Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia Peabody worked and lived in a transcendental community known as Brook Farm. “There were those who said, when Hawthorne joined the Brook Farm experiment that he was more eager to write and get married than to farm” (Rosa 90). Although he felt like he did not fit in he stayed there for a year. At the farm he practiced transcendentalism views, though he never talked about his opinions on the religion himself “Hawthorne made few public comments…

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most respected and recognized early American authors. His written stories are filled with both exciting events and disheartening scenarios. The unwritten story of his life, however, is just as interesting as his novels and short stories. Hawthorne was born on July fourth, eighteen hundred and four in Salem, Massachusetts. His birth name was actually Nathaniel Hathorne; he would later add the “w” to his name to distance himself from his ancestor, John Hathorne.…

Nathaniel Hawthorne is well-known as one of the fundamental writers of early American literature. His most famous work, The Scarlet Letter, is a staple in the classroom, and is recognizable by almost anyone. Hawthorne wrote about many things, but one particular theme stands out in a few of his works. Judgement is seen rather often, and Hawthorne seems to have a deeper personal connection to this particular theme, perhaps because of his dark ancestry. Noticeably, judgement appears in his two…

The Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was and still is one of the most influential writers of all time. Although Hawthorne is often recognized for his successful novel, The Scarlet Letter, he became noticed for his excellence in short stories. One of the most commonly mentioned is “Young Goodman Brown” published in 1835, fifteen years earlier than The Scarlet Letter. Blending isolation and sin, “Young Goodman Brown” displays a theme of sin and felt the isolation from others after…

was a very strict Puritanism city since the beginning. His family was also strict puritisns. When Hawthorne found a scarlet letter A is his mothers attic. He wrote his book The Scarlet Letter from inspiration from the letter he found. The book is about a woman who is shamed because she was an adulterer. The woman had to wear this Scarlett letter and be shamed infront the whole town. Nathaniel Hawthorne graduated from Bowdoin college i n1825. He would always spend his time in his local library.…

short story archive .com when a Hawthorn changed his name to Hawthorne, and became a product of The Hawthorne Effect (Hawthorne effect: when one changes their behavior in response to the knowledge of being observed) Connections and Choice in Literary Theory Perhaps the most influential in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s work is religion, which has lead to numerous references to the bible, and all its lore within his many works. Nathaniel’s upbringing in Salem Massachusetts, paired with the time period in…

in literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the most influential American authors during this time period. He was a novelist and a short story writer whose work contained American themes and greatly contributed to American nationalism. Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4th 1804, to a Puritan family. He was raised under Puritanism which later influenced most of his writing. Hawthorne grew up with his mother by his side because his father died when Hawthorne was only four. He…