Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He attended Bowdoin College and published a collection of short stories called Twice-Told Tales in 1837. He married Sophia Peabody in 1842. Hawthorne held a political appointment at the Salem Custom House from 1846-1849, but found the job stifled his creativity. He left Salem in 1849 and wrote several famous novels, including The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables. Hawthorne died in 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

1. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Biography

2. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 Born July 4th, 1804 in
Salem, Mass.
 His father Nathaniel
Hathorne Sr. was a sea
captain.
 His mother Elizabeth
Clarke Manning was a
descendent of
blacksmiths

3. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 Hawthorne attended
Bowdoin College
 He wrote several
successful short stories
which were collected in
Twice-Told Tales
(1837).

4. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 Hawthorne
returned to Salem
where he met
Sophia Peabody.
 They were married
in 1842.

5. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 In 1846 Hawthorne
accepted a political
appointment to the
Salem Custom House
as Surveyor of the
Port .

6. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 This bureaucratic position
stunted Hawthorne’s
creativity.
 Hawthorne’s mother died
in 1849.

7. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 Hawthorne left Salem,
which he called "that
abominable city,"
saying that he now had
no reason to remain.

8. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 His great-grandfather
John Hathorne was
the chief-interrogator
of the “Salem
Witches.”

9. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 In 1830, however, he
published "The Hollow
of the Three Hills,"
under the name of
Nathaniel Hathorne.

10. The Li f e of Hawthorne
 Nathaniel Hawthorne
died on May 18, 1864 in
Plymouth, New
Hampshire.

11. Famous Work
FICTION
 Doctor Grimshawe's
Secret
 Fanshawe
 The Blithe dale
Romance
 The House of Seven
Gables
 The Marble Faun
 The Scarlet Letter
NON-FICTION
 Our Old Home
 Chiefly About War
Matters

13. Major Theme
 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.

14. H a w t h o r n e ’ s V i e w s o f
T r a n s c e n d e n t a l i sm
 Hawthorne did not
conform to the
Romantic focus on the
emotions and
abandonment of
reason.
 Hawthorne strove to
create a balance
between “head and
heart.”

15. H a w t h o r n e ’ s V i e w s o f
T r a n s c e n d e n t a l i sm
 Hawthorne believed
that human
fulfillment was
achieved through a
balance between
mind, reason, heart,
spirit, will, and
imagination.

16. H a w t h o r n e ’ s V i e w s o f
T r a n s c e n d e n t a l i sm
 Hawthorne’s balanced
approach placed him
in opposition to other
Transcendentalists –
Emerson, Thoreau,
and Longfellow.