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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s. A. The Scarlet Letter. Historical Tidbit. Nathaniel Hawthorne changed the spelling of his family name from Hathorne to Hawthorne to avoid connection to an ancestor who was one of the magistrates (judges) during the Salem Witch Trials. The Scarlet Letter.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s

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  1. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s A The Scarlet Letter

  2. Historical Tidbit Nathaniel Hawthorne changed the spelling of his family name from Hathorne to Hawthorne to avoid connection to an ancestor who was one of the magistrates (judges) during the Salem Witch Trials.

  3. The Scarlet Letter a complex novel an intrusive narrator difficult language and style strong female heroine many symbols (obvious and traditional and obscure and non-traditional)

  4. The Scarlet Letter Published in 1850 Set in 1640s

  5. The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Vocabulary assignment requirements: • identification of part of speech • two definitions

  6. The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary • amenable • appalled • auspicious • calamity • capricious

  7. The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary 6. constrained 7. edifice 8. effectual 9. eminent 10. ignominy

  8. The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary 11. importunate 12. infer 13. inimical 14. lurid 15. mien

  9. The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary 16. morbid 17. pertained 18. premeditated 19. sagacity 20. solace

  10. The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary The Scarlet Letter vocabulary assignment is due Tuesday, September 14, 2010. The Scarlet Letter vocabulary quiz is Thursday, September 16, 2010 The quiz questions are matching and fill in the blank. The quiz is worth 40 points.

  11. Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was a surveyor at the Salem Custom House. This was a government job received through presidential appointment. Hawthorne held the job from 1846-1849. Hawthorne’s office was in the front of the building on the first floor

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