Tragedy in The Birthmarkby Nathaniel Hawthorne

In 1843 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "birthplace" was first published in a small literary magazine. This is a dark story that a scientist of the 18th century obsessed with a birth spot that formed a small hand on the face of his wife. Trademarks did not bother him before they got married but it became obsessive to him that he was unable to think anything other than to get rid of it from her perfect face. The nature of this imperfection and immortal death became the core idea of ​​this story. In The Birthmark, "Hawthorne uses fictional elements of conflict in this short story to convey spreading torture and tragic emotions.

Whether Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestor played a role in his novel "Red Letter" is a big argument. "Nathaniel Hawthorne is descendants of Hathornes and Mannings" ("Nathaniel Hawthorne Family: Introduction") One of the most influential people in Hawthorne's life is Elizabeth Clark Manning, the mother of Hawthorne, born in 1780 . It is a year. Her ancestors arrived in the new world in 1679. ("Nathaniel Hawthorne Family: Introduction") Manning took care of Hawthorne at the age of four, as her husband died of yellow fever. (Nathaniel Hawthorne - Biography) With this, Hawthorne is deepening empathy with women in his novel. For example, Hester of 'red letter' was not hanged for adultery, she was released and she could live her life like everyone else. Another Hawthorn's ancestor helped Major William Hawthorne to help persecute the Quaker.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. The name he was born was Nathaniel Hawthorne. When he began signing his story, he added w to his name. ("Nathaniel Hawthorne" American writer II) One of Hawthorne's ancestors was actually a judge in Salem Witch trial. Hawthorn's embarrassment and shame about his ancestors were included in some of his stories. (McGraw Hill, page 67) Hawthorne's father is the captain. When Hawthorn was just four years old, he died of heat. Soon after his father's death, her mother was forced to move three children to his parents house and her brother's house in Maine province. As many famous writers argue, the childhood of Hawthorne is not unusual in particular.