英美文学PPT课件6.Nathaniel Hawthorne教学幻灯片.pptVIP

Nathaniel Hawthorne （July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) American novelist and short story writer The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter (1850) is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, considered to be his masterpiece. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. About the novel Hawthorne creates a sense of ambiguity or uncertainty in readers, using metaphors to create this effect. The novel is not realistic — characters are symbols, not real