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Nathanial Hawthorne - Online Papers

Nathanial Hawthorne

. Considered to be one of the greatest American
writers of the 19th century. But did you know that he hated portraits, and
it is now thought that he was a mild manic-depressive? Born in Salem,
Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. A decendant of a long puritan line of
Hathorne's. His ancestry included his great-great grandfather, John
Hathorne who was a judge at the Salem witch trials 112 years before
Nathanial was born. Judge John Hathorne charged many with the crime of
witchcraft,and condemned them to their deaths. Nathanial was embaressed by
this and changed the spelling of his last name from Hathorne to Hawthorne.
Alot of his family history, life experiences and where he lived influenced
his ...

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aristocratic puritans) and
the Maules ( humbler paupers). The story of these two families begins with
Matthew Maule, who owned a certain amount of land and built himself a hut
to live in, in this new puritan settlement. Maule was a hard working but
obscure man, who was stubborn and protected what was his. His rival arrived
at the settlement about 30 to 40 years after Maule had been there. Colonel
Pyncheon, an ambicious and determined man, had a high position in the town.
It was said that Colonel Pyncheon was very much for the execution of those
who practiced witchcraft, and it was also said that he very strongly sought
the condemnation of Matthew Maule for being a wizard. Pyncheon did manage
to have Maule executed but not before Maule placed a curse on Pyncheon and
his decendants. These were Maules exact words :

" God, God will give him blood to drink !"

Many of the characters in the book were influenced by actual people
in and during Nathanial's life. For example : Colonel ...

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Added: 7/20/2006 11:52:32 PM
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