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The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Born in Salem, MA; 1804-1864 Worked as a tax collector as well as a writer. Great-great grandfather was a judge during the Salem Witch Trials (1600s) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Born in Salem, MA; 1804-1864
• Worked as a tax collector as well as a writer.
• Great-great grandfather was a judge during the Salem Witch Trials (1600s)
• Hawthorne criticized and questioned the Puritan ways. He was also very ashamed of his family’s involvement in the Salem Witch Trials.
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The Scarlet Letter
• Written in 1850
• Setting: Puritan Boston, MA 1642-1649
• Unnamed narrator telling us Hester Prynne’s story 200 years after the events.
• Narrator parallels Hawthorne…
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“The Scarlet Letter” Movie Posters
• 1930s
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1960s
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1995