Hawthorne's Use of Symbolism in Four Romances
This thesis is a study of the four long romances, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun, with emphasis upon Hawthorne's use of symbolism as a means of presenting the basic moral and spiritual truths of human life. The first chapter explai...
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ndltd-unt.edu-info-ark-67531-metadc6630352017-03-17T08:41:25Z Hawthorne's Use of Symbolism in Four Romances Goldsmith, Oma Kathryn The Scarlett Letter The House of the Seven Gables The Blithedale Romance The Marble Faun symbolism in literature Nathaniel Hawthorne This thesis is a study of the four long romances, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun, with emphasis upon Hawthorne's use of symbolism as a means of presenting the basic moral and spiritual truths of human life. The first chapter explains the nature of symbolism and the reasons why Hawthorne used it so extensively. In each of the last four chapters, the symbolism in a single romance is considered for the purpose of discovering the manner and effectiveness of its use in exemplifying the central theme of that particular story. Although Hawthorne's short stories are extremely rich in symbolism, it was not possible to include them in the present study. North Texas State Teachers College Stovall, Floyd, 1896-1991 Kingsbury, Joseph Lyman 1943-09 Thesis or Dissertation v, 147 leaves Text local-cont-no: 1002604138-Goldsmith call-no: 379 N81 no.748 untcat: b2466798 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663035/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc663035 English Public Goldsmith, Oma Kathryn Copyright Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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This thesis is a study of the four long romances, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun, with emphasis upon Hawthorne's use of symbolism as a means of presenting the basic moral and spiritual truths of human life. The first chapter explains the nature of symbolism and the reasons why Hawthorne used it so extensively. In each of the last four chapters, the symbolism in a single romance is considered for the purpose of discovering the manner and effectiveness of its use in exemplifying the central theme of that particular story. Although Hawthorne's short stories are extremely rich in symbolism, it was not possible to include them in the present study. |
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