.young
hawthornewasquiteawareofthemisdeedsofhiuritanancestors,andthisawarenemade
himbelievethatevilwasatthecoreofhumanlife.tosomeextent,hawthornewrotesomeof
hiooks,suchasthescarletletterandthehouseofthesevengamblestotrytomakeup
forthesinofhisancestors.
hawthorne’swritingskillscaeconcludedasfollows:
firstly,allhislife,hawthorneseemstobeindulgedinhieeofsinandevilinlife.
readinghiooks,onecaotbutbeoverwhelmedbytheblackvisionwhichthesebooks
reveal.evilexistsinthehumanheartallthetime.foritance,intheshortstory,“
earth’sholocaust,”wecanfindthat,thoughallsymbolsoftraditionandthepasthave
beeurnedinthebonfireofthelifeofthenewworld,thesourceofevil---thehuman
heart,remaiintact.everyonepoeeomeevilsecretastaleslike“younggoodman
brown”setouttoprove.everyonetriestocoverupitsiermostevilinthewaythe
ministerdimmesdaleinthescarletlettertri

estopretendhowpureandpiousheis.evil
seemstobeman’irthmark.thiointofviewisjustaswhatthebibledescribeeople
’soriginalsin.
secondly,tohawthorne,sinwillsurelygetpunished,onewayoranother.asamatterof
fact,hewaaidtobealwaystroubledbythethoughtthatthedeclineofhisfamily’s
fortunehadsomethingtodowiththesiofhiuritanancestors.hawthornedeeply
believesthat“thewrong-doingofonegenerationlivesintothesucceiveones”(thehouse
ofthesevengambles).itisalsointerestingtonotethathawthornebelievesthatevil
educates.whathawthorneseemstoproveisthatmancangetexperiencefromthecrimewhich
bringsaboutthedisaster.
ihort,

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