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Summary Of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Colonol Pyncheon
Nathaniel Hawthorne creates the mood of evil mostly through the actions of his characters. For example, Colonol Pyncheon is depicted as evil when he kills Matthew Maule for his land. However, Matthew Maule is also depicted as evil when he curses the Pyncheon family while at the noose. Finally, Hawthorne creates an evil mood with the fulfilment of the curse, when the Colonol is made to "drink blood" and was
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