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    The House of the Seven Gables: Blood Imagery and Metaphors Signs of blood imagery and metaphors are traced throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables. This novel was written in the year of 1851. The House of the Seven Gables was originally depicted as a classic piece and Nathaniel Hawthorne was originally depicted as a hermit. Why so much blood? What does all of this blood represent? The common man would assume that this blood simply represents death and being cursed by

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    The novel The House of Seven Gables conveys its messages through the usage of images, which is done through inanimate object or places. This can be seen in the house of the seven gables and the daguerreotype of judge Pyncheon. Hawthorne present these images in such a manner, that their original meaning in the novel is no longer applicable. While many see his writing style as a tedious form, such writing has made the images created by Nathanial Hawthorne. Nathanial Hawthorne may be seen as a writer

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    The house of the Seven Gables, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a gothic fiction novel. The book is classified as a Romantic by Nathaniel Hawthorne, dark themes and all. The story begins with Matthew Maule, the first owner of the land, building a house that is considered less than average compared to the land. A man, Colonel Pyncheon, wants to take the land and build a house that would be deemed acceptable compared with the beauty of the area around it. To the Colonel’s frustration, Maule refuses

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    author wrote many great novels in his lifetime. Some of his novels can be considered classics because they symbolize and express themes that every generation can in some fashion that many can relate to. Nathaniel Hawthorne, who wrote The House of the Seven Gables, underlined and brought attention to the flawed human condition by symbolizing how sin is carried throughout generations. This concept of generational sin has caused mixed emotions for many who have read the novel. Nathaniel Hawthorne, born

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    The House of Seven Gables: Symbolism American Literature reflects life, and the struggles that we face during our existence. The great authors of our time incorporate life's problems into their literature directly and indirectly. The stories themselves bluntly tell us a story, however, an author also uses symbols to relay to us his message in a more subtle manner. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The House of Seven Gable's symbolism is eloquently used to enhance the story being told, by

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    In The House of Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne introduces the reader to three female characters. Throughout Hawthorne’s life, women frequently influenced his development and behavior. It is often said that his female role models inspired him to become a writer. Hawthorn was a sympathetic towards women and the difficult social roles they were expected to fill (“Three Women in The House of the Seven Gables: Hepzibah”). This sort of emotion was reflected in The House of Seven Gables through Hepzibah

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    Analytical Paragraphs: House of the Seven Gables Justin Lowe Period 3 11/24/15 Paragraph A (Structure) The novel’s structure starts off with an event or more specifically a death that occurs early that sets the tone and subject for the rest of the story that follows later on in thirty years. Colonel Pyncheon is killed by Matthew Maule with a curse that is put on the Colonel and his family. "God," said the dying man, pointing his finger, with a ghastly look, at the undismayed countenance of his

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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s gothic novel, The House of the Seven Gables, the house plays many supernatural key roles which changes the mood of the book multiple times. The supernatural role starts out as a curse put upon those who are descendants of the Pyncheon family, but changes the culmination of the story. This key element to the story takes on many evil forms, but gives the story its delightful end. Early on in the story, Matthew Maule curses the Pyncheon family before his hanging, therefore

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    Discuss the themes of The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne William B. Dillingham has, with immense precision, conjectured in his literary criticism of Hawthorne that amidst the theme of ‘inherited curse’ Hawthorne has placed a significant ‘real’ theme which is “necessity of man’s participation” in the “united struggle of mankind”. In fact, he begins his essay on “Structure and Theme in the House of Seven Gables” by stating, “Most critics of The House of Seven Gables fail to discover any structural

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    THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES The story begins as Nathaniel Hawthorne lays down the setting and describes the house of the seven-gables and the story of its creation. The house is old and overrun by moss weeds and bushes, but the greatest aspect is the gigantic tree in the front of the house that seems to grow in size as it feeds off the misery of the inhabitants and the decay of the house. The very land that the house was built on was stolen from Matthew Moule. Since Colonel Pyncheon liked the

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