The document discusses the use of nature in American literature. It provides examples of how different authors such as Robert Frost, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ernest Hemingway incorporated nature in their works. Robert Frost often used images of trees and forests to convey emotions. In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, nature helps portray the mental states of characters and their connection to Hester and Pearl. Hemingway's works involve nature strongly influencing the lives of characters, such as the old man's relationship with the sea in The Old Man and the Sea.

1. Paper No:-9( The American Literature)
Topic:- Use of Nature in American Literature.
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Prepard by Rayjada Mitalba j. Sumitted to Smt.S.B.Gardi
Department of English Maharaja Krushnkumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University.

2. 1. Whta is nature :-
• The phenomena of the physical world collectively,
including plants animals, the landscape and
products of the earth,bas apposed To humans or
human creations.
1. Nature in literature:-
• Nature in literature is a metaphor for life. We see
green and growing we new season and that is like
birth. The dosert is huge, dry, poweful, scary, and
vast.

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• It is also a metaphor for life those that know the
desert well, know what secrets are hiding. Though,
sturdy things live there and thrive when weaker
versions would either, the desert breeds strong
people and strong plants.

4. Nature in American Literature:-
• Nature in American Literature in American Literature
many authors write about nature and how nature
affects man’s lives. In life, nature is an important part
of people.
• Type of useing Nature:-
1. 2.Nature as a
tames
Nature as a
Symbol

5. • Nature has received attention from authors
spanning several centuries. Their author spanning
several centuries.
• Their attitudes vary over time and also reflect the
different outlook of the authors who chose
discuss of the authorswho chose to discuss this
important historical movement.

6. Robert Frost use of Nature:-
• In many of his poems, Robert Frost
uses image of and nature,
especially trees and forests, to
convey his thoughts and emotions.
• Robert Frost was the leading
modern American poet of nature
and rural life. Most of his poem are
upon natural element. He was very
much interested in natural things,
he found beauty in common place.

7. • Robert once said, “ Some people call me poet for
Nature because of the natural setting. But I am not for
nature, there is also something else in my poems”
Example of poem.....
• In frosts poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a showy
Evening’ he mentions full of nature as a conveyance
of emotions. The first thing Frost mentions is the
Woods. Woods are Common images of darkness or
mystery.

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• In the poem ‘Fire and
Ice'Robert Frost compares two
elements of nature Fire and Ice.
• ‘Fire and Ice’Robert is
straightforward in its message
that emotions become
destructive when they are too
extreme, destructive enough
even to end the world.

9. Hawthorne use of Nature:-
• Hawthorne uses nature to convey the mood of a
scene, to describe characters, and to link the natural
element with human nature.
For Example...
Scarley Letter:-
• The Scarlet Letter, nature plays a very important and
symbolic role in the Story by affecting and describing

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Every one of the characters in The
Scarlet Letter. Nature had assisted the
narrator in portraying the different state
of minds the characters were in, and
was effectively used as a literary device.
Without nature, Thr Scarlet Letter could
not portaru the story as much intensity
and see Hester and pearl mostly
connect with nuture.

11. Ernest Hemingway’s:-
Ernest Hemingway’s short stories and novels involve
nature as a powerful influence in the lives of the
characters, whether t is as the setting in Across the
River and intovthe Trees.
For example...

12. ‘The Old Man and THE Sea’:-
The Old Man is unique in his
relationship to and
understanding of the natural
world. Santiago talks about the
‘Sea’ as though it is a character,
the bird as friend and the sharks
as the personal enemies.

13. Conclusion:-
1. Why use of Nature in literature by poet or
Author?