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1 ANTI-TRANSCENDENTALISM
Evil Exists Nature is not always good Pessimistic Outlook Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

2 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

3 The Early Years Born in Salem, Mass. Puritan influence
Attended Bowdoin College in Maine Friends: Longfellow and Pierce

4 Achievements Brook Farm experiment- tried to create a utopia
Works- The Scarlet Letter, House of Seven Gables, Twice Told Tales Gov’t job- American Consul in Liverpool, England

5 Death After returning from England, his health failed.
He went on a trip with friend Franklin Pierce. Died in his sleep.

6 The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne Arthur Dimmesdale Roger Chillingworth
Pearl Prynne

7 Scarlet Letter Images

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9 Lillian Gish in The Scarlet Letter

10 Meg Foster in The Scarlet Letter

11 Demi Moore in The Scarlet Letter


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