John Hathorne Research Paper
Nathanial Hawthorne. Considered to be one of the greatest American writers of the 19th
century. But did you know that he hated portraits, and it is now thought that he was a
mild manic-depressive? Born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. A descendant of a
long puritan line of Hathorne's. His ancestry included his great-great grandfather, John
Hathorne who was a judge at the Salem witch trials 112 years before Nathanial was born.
Judge John Hathorne charged many with the crime of witchcraft,and condemned them to
their deaths. Nathanial was embaressed by this and changed the spelling of his last name
from Hathorne to Hawthorne. A Lot of his family history, life experiences and where he
lived influenced his writing greatly.
Hawthorne …show more content…
He wrote the books : Lecture's on
Withcraft and History of Witchcraft and Salem Village. The Maule name was derived
from Thomas Maule, a Quaker merchant living in Salem at the time of the trials. In
Nathanials American Notebooks he records that his great great grandfather Judge
Hathorne, the judge in the witch trials, injured a neighbor named English once, who
never forgave him. Yet English's daughter married Hathorne's son. In the same way, the
descendant s of the Pyncheons and the Maules finally unite in marriage at the end of the
story. The Pyncheon and the Maule who get married at the end are Phoebe and Holgrave.
Phoebe is a smiling, public young woman. Holgrave is a kind artist ( daguerreotypist )
and is also the last desendant of Thomas Maule ( this is revealed at the end of the story).It
is believed that his cousin, Susannah Ingersoll, was who he had in mind when creating
the character of Miss Hepzibah Pyncheon. There is also evidence that Hawthorne had
himself in mind when creating the character of Holgrave, and of his wife,Sophia Peabody
Hawthorne, when creating Phoebe.***( Include other examples of the evidence that
suggests …show more content…
At the time he wrote the House of the Seven Gables, he had just
finished with The Scarlett Letter which had won him much fame. At this time
Hawthorne was preoocupied with his worth in America's literary marketplace. He
promised his publishers and friends that his next book would have a "prosperous close",
which meant something along the lines of a happy ending which did not come naturally
to Hawthorne. He found himself in a tight spot when trying to end the book, which took
him several months to write. I believe it did the story more harm than good, because
while reading the final chapter, " The Departure", it felt as though the seriousness and
many of the true significances of parts of the story weren't there anymore. As though he
just ended the story that way to please the audience ( with a happy ending, everyone
becomes rich and moves onto a country house, Holgrave and Phoebe get married,and the
bad guy Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon just dies.).
Hawthorne was a very insightful, yet confusing man. Some would even say hypocritical
because he would criticize or claim something and in the end, praise what he critisized
and claim the opposite of what he originally said. I, on the other hand wouldn't say
century. But did you know that he hated portraits, and it is now thought that he was a
mild manic-depressive? Born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. A descendant of a
long puritan line of Hathorne's. His ancestry included his great-great grandfather, John
Hathorne who was a judge at the Salem witch trials 112 years before Nathanial was born.
Judge John Hathorne charged many with the crime of witchcraft,and condemned them to
their deaths. Nathanial was embaressed by this and changed the spelling of his last name
from Hathorne to Hawthorne. A Lot of his family history, life experiences and where he
lived influenced his writing greatly.
Hawthorne …show more content…
He wrote the books : Lecture's on
Withcraft and History of Witchcraft and Salem Village. The Maule name was derived
from Thomas Maule, a Quaker merchant living in Salem at the time of the trials. In
Nathanials American Notebooks he records that his great great grandfather Judge
Hathorne, the judge in the witch trials, injured a neighbor named English once, who
never forgave him. Yet English's daughter married Hathorne's son. In the same way, the
descendant s of the Pyncheons and the Maules finally unite in marriage at the end of the
story. The Pyncheon and the Maule who get married at the end are Phoebe and Holgrave.
Phoebe is a smiling, public young woman. Holgrave is a kind artist ( daguerreotypist )
and is also the last desendant of Thomas Maule ( this is revealed at the end of the story).It
is believed that his cousin, Susannah Ingersoll, was who he had in mind when creating
the character of Miss Hepzibah Pyncheon. There is also evidence that Hawthorne had
himself in mind when creating the character of Holgrave, and of his wife,Sophia Peabody
Hawthorne, when creating Phoebe.***( Include other examples of the evidence that
suggests …show more content…
At the time he wrote the House of the Seven Gables, he had just
finished with The Scarlett Letter which had won him much fame. At this time
Hawthorne was preoocupied with his worth in America's literary marketplace. He
promised his publishers and friends that his next book would have a "prosperous close",
which meant something along the lines of a happy ending which did not come naturally
to Hawthorne. He found himself in a tight spot when trying to end the book, which took
him several months to write. I believe it did the story more harm than good, because
while reading the final chapter, " The Departure", it felt as though the seriousness and
many of the true significances of parts of the story weren't there anymore. As though he
just ended the story that way to please the audience ( with a happy ending, everyone
becomes rich and moves onto a country house, Holgrave and Phoebe get married,and the
bad guy Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon just dies.).
Hawthorne was a very insightful, yet confusing man. Some would even say hypocritical
because he would criticize or claim something and in the end, praise what he critisized
and claim the opposite of what he originally said. I, on the other hand wouldn't say