The Scarlet Letter Project

1. The Scarlet Letter Project Zachary Senchak Pd. A-B

2. Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne has grown up to certainly live an intelligent life from the beginning. He was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, with a family that had a long New England history. Nathaniel’s original last name was Hathorne as he added the “w” to discriminate himself from John Hathorne, a standing out judge back in the late 1600’s. When he was four years old, in 1808, his father, a sea-captain, died of yellow fever. After his father’s death, his mother, Elizabeth Clarke Manning, and his two sisters moved in with maternal relatives in Salem, where they lived for ten years. Years later Hawthorne’s uncle Robert Manning briefed that Nathaniel should attend college, despite Hawthorne’s protest about school. He was sent to Bowdoin College in 1821 with the financial support of his uncle. Early in his career, Hawthorne served as the editor of the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. He was offered an appointment as weigher and gauger at the Boston Custom House which he accepted. While spending his time there, he rented a room from a business partner. Nathaniel wrote in the comparative room of what he called his "owl's nest" in his family home. He wrote and dispensed short stories, including "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil" to various magazines and annuals. Hawthorne become known locally because Horatio Bridge collecting all of his stories putting them into one volume in 1837. The year after he became engaged with his wife Sophia Peabody, while he worked at a Custom House. Sources of info: http://www.egs.edu/library/nathaniel-hawthorne/biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne#Criticism

3. Nathaniel Hawthorne In 1850 Nathaniel has published one of his most Successful works, The Scarlet Letter. The Amazon Reviews stated that, “For nearly a century and a half, Hawthorne's masterpiece has mesmerized readers and critics alike. One of the greatest American novels, its themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, woven through a story of adultery in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, are revealed with remarkable psychological penetration and understanding of the human heart.” Most of his works are considered part of the Romantic movement and also Dark romanticism. In later years, Hawthorne traveled and met Abe Lincoln as he wrote about his experiences in the essay Chiefly About War Matters. Nathaniel Hawthorne has wrote many other well known literature pieces in his life. His bad health problems prevented him from writing many more romances. He decided to take a trip with his friend Franklin Pierce although he was very ill. During the trip of the White Mountains, he died in his sleep on May 19, 1864. Hawthorne will always be a known aurthor for the stories that he has ever wrote. Sources of info: http://www.egs.edu/library/nathaniel-hawthorne/biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne#Criticism