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Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne, created many short stories which involved strange, or even stranger, supernatural events and behavior. Many of Hawthorne’s stories were written on the basis of his life occurrences and what he believed and also what he wanted his readers to believe. Also, almost every single one of Hawthorne’s characters in each of his short stories are faced with a choice in which they most choose between either doing something in …

…and lakes by himself. Troubled about money and saddened by the death of his mother, inspired him to write “The Scarlet Letter”. “The Marble Faun” was written by the influence of Rome’s historical and legendary past, it’s artistic treasures, and the blended grandeur and squalor of life. Recurring thematic patterns occur in Hawthorne’s work, this shows Hawthorne’s emphasis on the events on the human heart rather than on the events themselves.