| nathaniel hawthorne definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | the scarlet letter | 14 sets |
| 2 | originally a transcendentalist; later rejected them and became a leading anti-transcendentalist. he was a descendant of puritan settlers. the scarlet letter shows the hypocrisy and insensitivity of new england puritans by showing their cruelty to a woman who has committed adultery and is forced to wear a scarlet "a". | 10 sets |
| 3 | wrote the scarlet letter | 7 sets |
| 4 | the minister's black veil | 5 sets |
| 5 | wrote the scarlet letter; originally a transcendentalist but later became a leading anti-transcendentalist. | 5 sets |
| 6 | romanticism | 4 sets |
| 7 | young goodman brown | 4 sets |
| 8 | scarlet letter | 3 sets |
| 9 | "young goodman brown" | 3 sets |
| 10 | author of "dr. heidegger's experiment" | 2 sets |
| 11 | the sacrlet letter | 2 sets |
| 12 | the house of seven gables | 2 sets |
| 13 | scarlett letter | 2 sets |
| 14 | the great carbuncle | 2 sets |
| 15 | born in salem massachusetts, famous for his books: "the scarlet letter" and "house of seven gables". | 2 sets |
| 16 | originally a transcendentalist; later rejected them and became a leading anti-trascendentalist. he was a descendant of puritan settlers. the scarlet letter shows the hypocrisy and insensitivity of new england puritans by showing their cruelty to a woman who has committed adultery and is forced to wear a scarlet "a". | 2 sets |
| 17 | author from massachusetts who wrote the scarlet letter | 2 sets |
| 18 | wrote "the birth-mark," the scarlet letter; works are considered part of the romantic movement (specifically dark romancism) | 2 sets |
| 19 | united states writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864) the sarlet letter author | 2 sets |
| 20 | the blithedale romance | 2 sets |
| 21 | author of a novel about the early new england practice of requiring adulterers to wear the letter "a" | 2 sets |
| 22 | novelist and short story writer—works often set in puritan new england—explored guilt and other dark aspects of humanity | 2 sets |
| 23 | the scarlet letter and other novels of his questioned the intolerance and conformity in american life | 2 sets |
| 24 | author of the scarlet letter | 2 sets |
| 25 | united states writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864), romanticism--dark romanticism: scarlet letter; the minister's black veil; dark romantic | 2 sets |
| 26 | he wrote the scarlet letter in 1850. this was his masterpiece. he also wrote the marble faun. many of his works had early american themes. the scarlet letter is about a woman who commits adultery in a puritan village. hawthorn's upbringing was heavily influenced by his puritan ancestors. | 2 sets |
| 27 | romanticism--dark romanticism: scarlet letter; the minister's black veil; dark romantic | 2 sets |
| 28 | wrote "scarlet letter" | 1 set |
| 29 | victorian | 1 set |
| 30 | the scarlet letter, house of seven gables | 1 set |
| 31 | romantic | 1 set |
| 32 | young goodman brown / the birthmark | 1 set |
| 33 | this early american fiction writer was part of the american romantic movement. his most famous work, the scarlet letter (1850), explored the moral dilemmas of adultery in a puritan community and american themes of individual morality and self-reliance. | 1 set |
| 34 | romanticism - dark romanticism; the scarlet letter; the minister's black veil, young goodman brown | 1 set |
| 35 | 1804 - 1864 | 1 set |
| 36 | the scarlet letter, "young goodman brown" | 1 set |
| 37 | the great stone face | 1 set |
| 38 | american literature. descended from the puritans. wrote about historical themes and the dark side of the mind 1850 wrote the scarlett letter | 1 set |
| 39 | wrote the 1st psychological novel | 1 set |
| 40 | writer who expressed disillusionment with transcendentalism and the brooks farm experiment; discussed these views in novels. | 1 set |