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Volume 19:10 October 2019
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Solitude and Isolation as the Inevitable Penalty of
Sin and Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Short Story World

Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.


Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne

Abstract

This paper attempts to project Nathaniel Hawthorne as one of the major novelists of America, belonging not only to the tradition of America but also to the tradition of genius playing the dual role of a novelist and a short story writer. The paper will also show how he was preoccupied with the problems of sin, guilt, responsibility, and evil. It neatly portrays the divided self as a major theme with his fictional forte in blending the marvelous and the natural as his romantic theory, bringing home the essential point that there is constant interaction between the actual and the imaginary. The world of Hawthorne is romantic, symbolic, allegoric and ambiguous projecting the problem of solitude and isolation as the inevitable penalty of sin, guilt and evil.

Keywords: Nathaniel Hawthorne, solitude, isolation, sin, guilt, responsibility, tradition, marvelous and natural, actual and imaginary

Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the major novelists of America, belongs not only with the tradition of American writers, but also with the tradition of genius. Almost all his novels and short stories are based on New England setting which are rotten, in his attempt to convey the fundamental meaning and significance of mortal life. His basic reputation was that of a short story writer and sketch-writer till the publication of the Scarlet Letter is 1850. Twice Told Tales in 1837 reprinted with some enlargement in 1842 and Mosses from an Old Manse (1946) had built up his reputation as a writer of fine and delicate craftsmanship. But his best was in the creation of The Scarlet Letter, which was his first full-length story, rather superior to any full length story that he ever wrote. Truly speaking, with the publication of The Scarlet Letter, the American Novel came of age.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, of a distinguished puritan family which had played an active role in the history of Massachusetts. His early years were spent as a dependent of his uncles, one of whom had a flourishing stage-coach business.

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Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.
Dean of Arts, Humanities & Languages
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Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625 021, Tamilnadu
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