THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS By: Nathaniel Hawthorne Presentation by: Perry Nowak‚ and Maggie Smith The Hollow of Three Hills The Author’s Purpose is to show that no matter how much you try to run away from your problems‚ they always follow. Often multiplying along the way and leaving the ones you left behind with your burden as well. Authors Purpose. Historical Context The story was written in 1830‚ during that time witchcraft was still being persecuted in the North America‚ leading the story
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The Hollow of the three hills Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story begins on a paradox. He writes ‘’in those strange old times…’’ yet the time period hasn’t been specified at all. This can be seen as a deliberate attempt at vagueness. Hawthorne is trying to distort the reader’s sense of time as most successful gothic stories take place in haunted settings outside specific time periods. The rest of the paragraph has been devoted to the description of the setting. The Hollow is a place of dark magic
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The Hollow of the Three Hills is a story of dishonor‚ deceit‚ and death. The author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorn portrays the main character as a beautiful woman with a shameful and abominable past. She tries to run from her problems. The main character was so driven by curiosity and remorse that she brought herself to go see a witch. They met in a place described by Hawthorne as "a hollow basin‚ almost mathematically circular‚ two or three hundred feet in breadth‚...the resort of the Power of Evil and
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Themes of the Hollow of the three Hills: -main character as a beautiful woman with a shameful and abominable past. -trying to run from it will only make the problem follow. -character as someone who is a plighted subject who had such a secret that she had to be where "no mortal could observe them. -She wanted this witch to help her see and hear what was happening with her loved ones; but she only had one hour to do so and after this one hour she would die Hawthorne did not come out and said
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THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS The Hollow of the Three Hills is a story of dishonor‚ deceit‚ and death. The author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays the main character as a beautiful woman with a shameful and abominable past. She tries to run from her problems but comes to find out no matter how big or small a problem‚ trying to run from it will only make the problem follow. The main character was so driven by curiosity and remorse that she brought herself to go see a witch. They met in a place
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back‚ but she is hesitant because she knows what wrong she had done. She cannot go back so easily because of guilt and embarrassment entangled in her conscience. Unable to fight the urge to see how her family is doing‚ she appoints a meeting in a hollow basin that is deeper than " a stately cedar can be seen only from the sides". The basin represents her inner conscious that holds the burden
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In the short stories‚ The Hollow of Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Moving Finger by Edith Wharton‚ there is an ever present sense of the supernatural. This is shown in various contrasting as well as similar ways in each story. Two such ways would be the use of the supernatural in a physical and impure way in Hawthorne’s story and in a psychological and spiritual way in Wharton’s. The use of the setting to portray the supernatural motif is also used. Firstly‚ both stories share similar
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In the short stories ‘The Hollow of The Three Hills’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne and ‘The Moving Finger’ by Edith Wharton‚ the writers convey the theme of the supernatural through various techniques. Hawthorne’s story is more open about the supernatural and uses the setting and one of the main characters to portray the darkness of the poem and the abnormal elements of it. In Wharton’s story‚ the supernatural is more of an underlying element in contrast to Hawthorne’s story. Both short stories use symbolism
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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the story “The Birthmark”. So many people have just read the story and not really paid much attention‚ but if you really read it there are so many underlying messages and symbols. Hawthorne did one thing stuck out and it was he used the three main characters in the story to represent the three characteristics or traits of mankind which are spiritual‚ natural‚ and mental. Nathaniel Hawthorne exhibited the spiritual trait of mankind in the “Birthmark” through Georgina. Georgina
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writers came about‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne. Because of him American literature would finally be recognized because of his many great works such as the Scarlett Letter and The House of The Seven Gables. His contributions to literature cannot be understated and the praise he receives to this day is rightly given. His works were largely influenced by his unrelenting believe in New England puritanism and therefore he can be considered a profound Christian writer. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s family
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