Hawthorne's most famous poem?
The Scarlet Letter
When was The SL published?
1850
Where was Hawthorne born and when? Brothers and Sisters? Tell about parents. Religion?
Hawthorne born in 1804 in Salem, MA. Only son raised by mom. Dad lost at sea when he was four. Parents were devote Puritans.
Who was Hawthorne's grandfather?
John Hawthorne...he was the presiding judge at Salem With Trials.
What was Hawthorne's grandfather's nickname?
The Hanging Judge
Where did Hawthorne go to college? Who were his friends?
Bowdin College. Friends were Frederick Pierce and Henry Longfellow.
He changed the spelling of his name to Hawthorne? What was it before?
Hathorne
Where did he live after college?
He lived with his mom for 12 years.
What did Hawthorne call that time period? Why?
He called those years his "Twelve dark years" He wrote and slept during the day and roamed the streets of Salem at night.
Who did Hawthorne marry?
Sophia Peabody.
What was the name of Hawthorne's first published work and what happened to it?
It was called Fanshawe. He burned it after it only sold 1,000 copies.
In 1837, Hawthorne published a works called...
Twice Told Tales. Around that time he had lots of jobs and hated all of them.
Hawthorne moved to Concord, MA and made friends with who?
Friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herny David Thoreau.
Where did he work in Concord, Ma? Where did he stay there? Did he like it? What happened with the job?
Worked at The Custom House for 2 years and hated it. He got fired.
It was a "blessing" that Hawthorne got fired? Why?
Because that is when he wrote the SL.
How long did it take Hawthorne to write The Scarlet Letter?
6 months.
How did Hawthorne do later in life? How did he die?
He did not do well financially later in life. Earned a fellowship in Liverpool, England but he died poor. He died in his sleep.
Name the six writing characteristics of Dark Romanticism.
1. Man is basically evil.
2. Use of goth elements
3. Use of ambiguity
4. Anti-science
5. Anti-scholar
6. Contains a moral.
What are the 3 different types of symbolism that Hawthorne talked about?
1. Man vs. society
2. Man vs. self
3. man vs. man
Symbolism changes over the course of the novel. ??????