Questions and Answers：Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Nathaniel Hawthorne's view of man and human history originates, to a great extent, in Puritanism. What are the effects of Puritanism on Hawthorne?
A. HAWTHORNE HAD PURITAN ANCESTORS AND HE BELIEVED THAT “THE WRONG DOING OF ONE GENERATION LIVES INTO THE SUCCESSIVE ONES,” AND OFTEN WONDERED IF HE MIGHT HAVE INHERITED SOME OF THEIR GUILT. THIS SENSIBILITY LED TO HIS UNDERSTANDING OF EVIL BEING AT THE VERY CORE OF HUMAN LIFE, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL OF THE CALVINISTIC BELIEF THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE DEPRAVED AND CORRUPTED, HENCE, THEY SHOULD OBEY GOD TO ATONE FOR THEIR SINS.
B. HAWTHORNE IS ATTRACTED IN EVERY WAY TO THE PURITAN WORLD, EVEN THOUGH HE CONDEMNS ITS LESS HUMAN MANIFESTATIONS. ON THE ONE HAND, IT PROVIDES HIM WITH A SUBJECT, AND ON THE OTHER, WITH THE PURITAN WORLD OR SOCIETY AS A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, HE DISCUSSES SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT CONCERN THE MORAL LIFE OF MAN AND HUMAN HISTORY.
