Briefly discuss the theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works.
A.Hawthorne's literary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one possible to imagine.
B.This has much to do with his "black" version of life and human beings. According to Hawthorne, there is evil in every human heart through the whole life: but circumstances may rouse it to activity.
C.Literary work should "show how we are all wronged and wrongers and avenge one another" In every book he wrote, Hawthorne discusses sin and evil.
D.One source of evil that Hawthorne is concerned most is over-reaching intellect, referring to someone who is too proud, too sure of himself. His view of man and human history originates in Puritanism.
E.In many of his stories and novels, the Puritan concept of life is condemned or the Puritan past is shown in an almost totally negative light.
