Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nathaniel Hawthornes

• The Scarlet Letter

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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.

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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)

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The Scarlet Letter

• Published in 1850
• Set in 1640s

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The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

• Vocabulary assignment requirements
• identification of part of speech
• two definitions

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The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

• amenable
• appalled
• auspicious
• calamity
• capricious

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The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

• 6. constrained
• 7. edifice
• 8. effectual
• 9. eminent
• 10. ignominy

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The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

• 11. importunate
• 12. infer
• 13. inimical
• 14. lurid
• 15. mien

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The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

• 16. morbid
• 17. pertained
• 18. premeditated
• 19. sagacity
• 20. solace

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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.

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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.
• Hawthornes office was in the front of the
  building on the first floor

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