Nathaniel Hawthorne ch. 7 Flashcards
What did Hawthorne frequently criticize?
The unrealistic optimism of transcendentalism
What can hawthorne’s literary be divided into the stages of what?
literary preparation, short story, and novel
Hawthorne uses historical settings in his fiction and what does he stress?
the universal themes of isolation,guilty, and pride.
What gets the greatest selection in the story’s we read for Hawthorne
Allegory
In Mayfold of merry mount what are the perspectives that are given in this selection
- The merry mounted through the puritans eyes
- The puritans through the merry mounted eyes
- Both groups through Edith and Edgar’s eyes
How does Hawthorne associates merry mounters to transcendentalism
By the major role nature played in this story.
What does this sentence emphasize:Jollity and gloom were contending for an empire
this sentence emphasizes the central conflict between the merry mounters and puritans and the extremes of there opposing views of life represents.
What are the symbols of merry mount
May pole the puritans symbol is the whipping post
What does the celestial railroad satirize?
It satirized modernized religion
The characters in the celestial road are
abstract rather than lifelike because it is necessary for allegory
What is the major advantage to transporting the burden by train?
A major advantage to transporting the burden by train is that it would not fall off at the cross and so the precious things and habits within would not be lost
Hawthorne uses the Biblical allusion of Esau selling his birthright for a mess of pottage to emphasize what?
the foolish bargains made at vanity fair
What did some people trade at very disadvantageous rates for a few years lease on a small dismal shanty?
Tracts of land and golden mansions situate in the celestial city.
What is the theme or central idea of the ministers black veil?
man should be conscious of his proneness to sin
The black veil kept Mr. Hooper in the” saddest of all prisons”
His heart
