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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Abby Yemm. Early Life. Nathaniel was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts Attended Bowdoin College in 1821 He published his first work, Fanshawe , in 1828. Bowdoin College. i nspiration. Hawthorne’s uncle was a judge for the Salem Witch Trials

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  1. Nathaniel Hawthorne Abby Yemm

  2. Early Life • Nathaniel was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts • Attended Bowdoin College in 1821 • He published his first work, Fanshawe, in 1828 Bowdoin College

  3. inspiration • Hawthorne’s uncle was a judge for the Salem Witch Trials • Good friends with Edgar Allan Poe • Believed humans had an evil side rather than good Salem Witch Trials

  4. Family • Married Sophia Peabody on July 9, 1842 • Their first, a daughter, Una was born March 3, 1844. In 1846, their son Julian was born. Their final child, Rose, was born in May 1851. Una and Julian

  5. Rise to fame • Hawthorne became a famous and well known writer when he wrote “The Scarlet Letter” • It was a story based on a woman who had a child out of wedlock and is considered to have committed adultery and is forced to wear a red letter A on all of her clothing

  6. Dr. heidegger’s experiment • An old man invites four of his friends over for dinner and asks them if they want to partake in an experiment he is conducting • He tells them it involves the Fountain of Youth • He then proves this to them by throwing a 50 year old rose into the jar of water, while the friends watch it bloom • The 3 men and one woman agree to the experiment and drink 3 glasses of water • They slowly grow younger

  7. Dr. heidegger’s experiment • As they do, the men begin to fight for the attention of the young woman • They end up knocking the glass over, spilling its contents which in turn makes them grow old again • Greed takes the friends to Florida searching for more of the water while the Doctor sits casually by, realizing that you should not mess with fate

  8. facts • One of his stories was based on him finding a little girl drown in the pond in his back yard by her own mother • His last name was originally spelled “Hathorne.” He changed it after graduating from college so that the spelling would more closely match the pronunciation. • His good friend, Herman Melville dedicated his novel Moby Dick to Hawthorne .

  9. Death • Nathaniel died on May 19, 1864 • Died at the age of 60 • Died of bad health in his sleep

  10. Other books by hawthorne • FANSHAWE, 1828 • MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEUX; ROGER MALVIN'S BURIAL, 1832 • YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, 1835 • THE LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE, 1852 • TANGLEWOOD TALES FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, 1853 • THE MARBLE FAUN, 1860 • OUR OLD HOME, 1863

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