Hawthornes Life
Where was Nathaniel Hawthorn born?
Salem, Massachusetts
They all died and their bodies were never found.
What cheek was the birthmark on?
Left cheek
What are romantics?
Literary rebels who wrote about strong emotions, the supernatural, and the power of nature.
What does Alymer want to do to the birthmark?
Remove it
When did he publish twice told tales?
1873
Where was the family located?
At the notch of the white hills.
What did Georgina do with the goblet of liquid?
She drank it
What were romantics rebelling against?
The age of reason.
Was Hawthorne a dark romanticist or a dark transcendentalist?
A dark romantic
Who did Nathaniel Hawthorne marry in 1842?
Sophia Hawthorne
Where was the traveller going to?
Burlington and far beyond.
What was the first thing she saw after she entered the library?
The furnace/ the furnace worker
What is the age of reason?
A time where authors thought emotion was unnecessary, they loved science and wrote non-fiction.
What happens to Georgina after she drinks the potion?
Her birthmark fades and she dies.
When was the Scarlet letter published?
1850
What did the grandma think would happen if something was wrong with a corpse that was buried?
That it would put up its cold hand to rearrange it.
That it wasn't a problem
What did some romantic authors think about people in the 19th century?
They believed that people were getting too dependent on science.
What did the daughter and the grandmother symbolize in "The Ambitious Quest?
Daughter symbolized happiness, grandma symbolized happiness grown old
Why did Hawthorne change his name from Hathorne to Hawthorne?
He was ashamed of the role his ancestors played in the Salem witch trials as judge.
Whats the basin of the flume?
A brook that tumbles over the precipice, deep within the notch.
What does Alymer represent?
Science, and being arrogant and overconfident.
What did romantics want to remind people about?
That there is nothing more powerful than human emotion and nothing more beautiful than nature
What ideas did Hawthorne focus on in "The Birthmark"?
Obsessive love and the conflict between nature and science.