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Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered a dark romantic because his literary works focus on guilt, sin, hypocrisy and other negative emotions. He puts an emphasis on human fallibility that gives rises to lapses in judgment that allow even good men and women to drift toward sin and self-destruction.

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Dark Romanticism is a sub-genre of romanticism. This genre instead of focusing on the normal parts of romanticism, focuses on some things that were considered more taboo. For instance, it focuses on grotesque, demonic, almost horror-like concepts and ideas.

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Family Connection to the Salem Witch Trials

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Family Connection to the Salem Witch Trials

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His last name was originally Hathorne; however, his great-great-great grandfather, John Hathorne, was a leading judge during the Salem Witch Trials. Nathaniel Hawthorne changed his last name as a way to distance himself from a man he found vile.

On the other side of things, he was also related to some of the accused "witches". There were four accused "witches" in his family. Two of his great uncles married two daughters of Mary and Phillip English, who were both accused but not convicted of witchcraft. One of Nathaniel's cousins was married to the great-great-great grandson of John Proctor, the first man accused and convicted of witchcraft. Sarah Wilson was also accused but not convicted of witchcraft and married to one of Hawthorne's uncles.

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The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce was Hawthorne's old college friend. They traveled together to the White Mountains in New Hampshire to use the air there as an elixir. Pierce checked on his friend in the middle of the night to check if he was okay since went to bed early after dinner. He then found him dead in his room.

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He went to college with another famous writer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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He went to college with another famous writer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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They were lifetime friends, and Longfellow served as a pallbearer at Hawthorne's funeral. Longfellow would go on to write "The Bells of Lynn" in honor of Hawthorne

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This genre usually focuses on the darker part of the human imagination. There is usually a creepy or mysterious vibe to the piece of literature and many illusions to the supernatural and occult. This genre is a pessimistic look at the standard romanticism. It focuses mainly on the failings of people and the worst parts of humans. It deals with things like traumatic events, social reform,  and the characters are usually in a constant state of torment. Overall, dark romanticism focuses on mostly negative effects such as sin, sorrow, grief, guilt, and self destruction.

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He worked out on Brook Farm for a little while because he thought that farm life would give him free time to write. He quickly realized though that farm life was too laborious for the author who didn't want to work under such conditions. He left after 2 months and wrote a novel about it called, "The Blithedale Romance.”

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His youngest daughter converted to sainthood

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His youngest daughter converted to sainthood

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Rose Hawthorne was originally a transcendentalist like her father before she converted with her hubby to Roman Catholicism.

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Lived in Concord and New Hampshire.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist that was born in 1804. The work he was best known for was The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. He was married in 1842 to Sophia Hawthorne until Nathaniel's death in 1864.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was and is still best known for his contributions to American Literature. His best known works of art include  “The Scarlet Letter” and The house of the Seven Gables.” Nathaniel grew up with two sisters and a mother who absolutely idolized him. His father, a ship captain, died when Nathaniel was only 4 years old. Nathaniel’s childhood then shifted as his mother struggled to keep all three of her children afloat. Years later he received an education at Bowdoin College where he spent a majority of his time perfecting his art of writing fiction.

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Who were the Transcendentalists to Nathaniel Hawthorne?

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Who were the Transcendentalists to Nathaniel Hawthorne?

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Was involved in writing for New England, and was around a lot of Transcendentalists'leaders and even most of his close friends were Transcendentalists pioneers.

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What happened in the time where he grew up? 

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What happened in the time where he grew up? 

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The War of 1812 where the US declared war on Great Britain happened when he was a child. Another very important even that happened was the industrial revolution during 1750-1840. He lived through the industrial revolution seeing all the changed constantly happening.

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Hawthorne attended bowdoin college and there was where he created his first novel. Hawthorne was a surveyor for the district of salem and was inspector. He never got rich from his books till after

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The time when Nathaniel's life was occurring.

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The time when Nathaniel's life was occurring.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born July 4th, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, US .
He lived a calm and isolated life but he was never bored.
Nathaniel stated that his life in Salem was a " period of dreamlike isolation and solitude".

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Dark Romanticism is an aesthetic of art set on representing human nature in its rawest forms.

It includes dark and grotesque scenes, discussing traumatic topics, and a strong belief that humans are not and will never be perfect.

Consequently, much of the literature from Dark Romantics exhibits the worst of human behavior, often represented in the  analogous form of demons (drawn art) and hypothetical dialogue (written art/ literature).

Nathaniel Hawthorne is no exception, and is considered one of the prominent dark romantic authors from the time of its peak popularity.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is credited to have shaped American literature and gained his massive success in the literary world because of his views on romance all together, world history, and the "inherit evil of humanity".

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He married Sophia Amelia Peabody. She was an accomplished artist before she married him and had edited and published some of Nathaniel Hawthorne's notebooks.

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He served as an American diplomat in Liverpool, England.

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He served as an American diplomat in Liverpool, England.

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The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthrones works. In this book, he explores the themes of wrongdoing and justice. The wrongdoings of one generation live into the next generation, causing many problems. At the end of the story, justice is served and the stain of the Colonel sin's goes away and breaks the generational curse.

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Hawthorne had been serving as a Custom House surveyor in Salem until 1849 when Zachary Taylor was elected. Taylor removed Hawthorne from office which was an event that was highly publicized. Hawthorne then entirely devoted his time to writing "The Scarlet Letter". When he finally published the book, it sold out within ten days. However, it was not because of the actual story. The book sold out due to the falling out with Taylor and the attacks on Hawthorne's political opponents within the book's introduction.

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Colonel Pyncheon was a rich powerful man who wanted to build a home for his descendants, however the "perfect spot" he wanted belonged to Matthew Maule. After accusing Maule of murder, Maule cursed the entire Pyncheon family.

Hepzibah Pyncheon: One of the poor decendants of the original Colonel Pyncheon

Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon: Successful Pyncheon who accused Hepzibah's brother of Murder

Phoebe: The niece of Hepzibah Pyncheon

Mr. Holgrave: The owner of the House of the Seven Gables

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It was quite interesting how in the story he's describing how a sin that was committed by a family member could be passed from generation to generation, but it is somehow proved otherwise at the end of the story.

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The story of The House of the Seven Gables begins with the actions between the Pyncheon family and a local farmer named Matthew Maule in the mid 1600s. The Pyncheon family owns the house of the seven gables. Colonel Pyncheon covets Maule's land and he is later hanged for witchcraft. The Colonel then hires Maule's son to build him a mansion which he is later found dead in. However, Colonel Pyncheon's deed for land in Maine is missing. The story then picks up with the maid of the mansion, Hepzibah and her brother Clifford. They are visited by a cousin of the Pyncheon family, Phoebe, and Judge Pyncheon. The only lodger of the house is named Holgrave, he shares with Phoebe the story of Alice Phyncheon and how Alice's father summoned the spirits of his father, grandfather and Colonel Pyncheon in hopes of finding out where the deed was. When everyone leaves, Judge Pyncheon returnes to the house to interrogate Clifford because he knows where the deed is. However, the judge is killed in the house and soon after his son dies in Europe, leaving his inheritance to Clifford.