Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Use of Biblical Allusions of the Hereditary Sin of Selfishness in The House of the Seven Gables
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In spite of the fact that the hereditary sin of selfishness is dealt with in The House of the Seven Gables, the right evaluation on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of biblical allusions in the work has not made enough. Hawthorne’s insight into the sinful nature of human being is portrayed through some biblical allusions which play a very crucial role in enhancing the tragic atmosphere of the novel. Furthermore, the basic motif of the novel is strongly based on one of the Ten Commandments: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor” (Exodus: 20: 17). These facts demonstrate that the novel is deeply saturated with Hawthorne’s knowledge of Christianity. At the same time, it is noteworthy that the writer not merely focuses on the decay of two families between generations but reminds readers of the intrinsic sinful nature of mankind after the First Man’s Fall in the Bible. Hawthorne’s use of biblical allusions echoes Adam’s sin and its effects not only on later generations but on Nature. In reality, after Colonel Pyncheon’s commitment of the original sin in the work, not only the descendants of Pyncheon family but the environment of the house of the seven gables come to be under the influence of the previous curse by Matthew Maule. The phenomenon is closely related with the traditional ideas of sin and its results in Christianity. As a result, it is desirable for Hawthorne readers to interpret The House of the Seven Gables in terms of Hawthorne’s Christian world view.
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In spite of the fact that the hereditary sin of selfishness is dealt with in The House of the Seven Gables, the right evaluation on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of biblical allusions in the work has not made enough. Hawthorne’s insight into the sinful nature of human being is portrayed through some biblical allusions which play a very crucial role in enhancing the tragic atmosphere of the novel. Furthermore, the basic motif of the novel is strongly based on one of the Ten Commandments: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor” (Exodus: 20: 17). These facts demonstrate that the novel is deeply saturated with Hawthorne’s knowledge of Christianity. At the same time, it is noteworthy that the writer not merely focuses on the decay of two families between generations but reminds readers of the intrinsic sinful nature of mankind after the First Man’s Fall in the Bible. Hawthorne’s use of biblical allusions echoes Adam’s sin and its effects not only on later generations but on Nature. In reality, after Colonel Pyncheon’s commitment of the original sin in the work, not only the descendants of Pyncheon family but the environment of the house of the seven gables come to be under the influence of the previous curse by Matthew Maule. The phenomenon is closely related with the traditional ideas of sin and its results in Christianity. As a result, it is desirable for Hawthorne readers to interpret The House of the Seven Gables in terms of Hawthorne’s Christian world view.
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