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Ⅲ. 重要作家及作品 Nathanial Hawthorne (纳撒尼尔·霍桑) life works Two collections of short stories: Twice-told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse The Scarlet Letter The House of the Seven Gables The Marble Faun The Blithedale Romance “Rappaccini’s Daughter” “The Birth-mark” “Young Goodman Brown” point of view Evil is at the core of human life, “that blackness in Hawthorne” Whenever there is sin, there is punishment. Sin or evil can be passed from generation to generation (causality). He is of the opinion that evil educates. He has disgust in science. aesthetic美学的 ideas He took a great interest in history and