Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the first American authors to engender the idea of regenerate his ancestral culture through his stories (Clendenning). Most of Hawthorne's short stories and novels originate from his representation and belief of the harshness and unreasonable Puritan community. For example, in The Scarlet Letter , a character who embodies the opposite of an epitome of a proper Puritan woman. Hawthorne illustrates this character by contrasting the bold attitude of Hester Prynne to the extremely conservative society: But Hester Prynne, with a mind of native courage and activity, and for so long a period not merely estranged, but outlawed, from society, had habituated herself to such latitude of speculation as was altogether …show more content…
Moreover, he insert long, descriptive sentences along with few succinct sentence to increase the drama of the scene. Hawthorne was one of the first American writers to create romanticist love stories. Many of Hawthorne’s works further emphasized the theme of individual freedom of expression and releasing oneself from the social constraints. Hawthorne ofter used themes that revealed the flaws of society and unintentional human faults (Clendenning). Various short stories such as "The Minister's Black Veil" and “Wakefield" and novels such as The Scarlet Letter illustrate internal turmoil of guilt and isolation. The layers of guilt are described through the character’s concealment of the truth and self-inflicted torture. Similarly, Hawthorne also based many short stories on the unhealthiness of arrogance. Through “The Birthmark," "Ethan Brand," and "Rappaccini's Daughter”, the self-destruction of the characters due to their egotism. For instance, in “The Birthmark”, Ayler despises him wife’s birthmark and believes he could find a chemical to remove it, but in the end these effort led to her death (Hawthorne). It shows how the husband’s over confident behavior caused his life to