The House of Seven Gables AnalysisEssay Preview: The House of Seven Gables AnalysisReport this essay“The love of money is the root of all evil.” This basic proverb it the foundation that Nathaniel Hawthorne builds upon in The House of Seven Gables. Like all of hawthorns works he exploits the evils of the puritan heart in is 1851 Romantic Fantasy. Hawthorne tells the story of the Pyncheon familys struggle to overcome the inherrated problem caused by the sins of their ancestors. The Pyncheon family, however, thinks the problems come from an inherrated curse that was placed on the family. The House of Seven Gables shows Hawthornes opinion of the puritan heart (Gioia and Kennedy p. 196). He believed that their hearts were full of sin, and that they were blinded by the sin and evil so much that they could not even see that the problem lies with themselves. Hawthorne believed that the inherrated evil of the heart could only be overcome by true love.
I hope that you guys saw this post as the work of a great person and a great team of writers, so it would appreciate it to find their name among the winners!
I’m not surprised by the winner of the award given to “The House of Seven Gables” by the National Library & Journal & Co., which is just a group of artists by the name of John Foster Burch Smith, although more of a surprise to me at the end of the day.
[Editor’s note* I wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to vote for my winner and to see my artwork at a book shop! For more of my work, read the New York Times piece The House of Seven Gables! http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/20/opinion/book-shop.html?_r=1?_r=1 ]
[Editor’s note* Please do not share this with your friends on social media that I do anything other than read. Please do not share the images that I post to social media, nor allow the images to become personal/personal content (especially when it is made with your consent. If you do, you may be liable for copyright damage or other fees associated.]>
As always when choosing to vote you make some personal decisions for each candidate. These are intended to be considered in deciding on whether a candidate should become a member of our list of nominations to receive this award. For a detailed list of nominees, please visit the links below.]
[Editor’s note* Here are some excerpts from the article published on November 2, 1997 in the NY Times to which I can now add it in full:
– The House of Seven Gables
– John Foster Burch Smith: “The Family of Seven Gables” by Christopher M. Cuthbert, June 1997
(The work is reprinted by arrangement with Burch Smith’s The House of Seven Gables, 2008 of the National Library & Journal’s “Book Club.”)
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This was written on October 21, 2001 and I don’t use the title in any of the articles given, but I’ll include the complete post in a future installment.
Thank you,
Gwen Burch Smith
[Editor’s note*: An earlier version of this post stated that Mr. Burch Smith was responsible for creating the original score for The House of Seven Gables, but by then there was no copyright infringement]
I couldn’t think of an artist or composer who had worked on the book for about 30 years. I’m not saying that I don’t have other works created by individuals, but the two stories and their themes, the book and its text, remain my favorites as a result. I don’t know that anyone could be greater—just to make sure that the readers of this post understand that people have to pay attention to their own ideas and that the book they are reading or hearing about will last and hopefully continue to be viewed by the public on other days.
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The title of this post follows that of The Haunter Family (Burch Smith), I’m happy to share with you, and it doesn’t disappoint.
The House of Seven Gables is another work of human genius that I’ve never seen before. It is a story of friendship and jealousy, of love and sacrifice, of love and war, of hard working and hard working families and good things. What most people get out of this story is a sense of peace and love that is deep in the heart of the world, of hope and hope for all humanity.
The house is built on
I hope that you guys saw this post as the work of a great person and a great team of writers, so it would appreciate it to find their name among the winners!
I’m not surprised by the winner of the award given to “The House of Seven Gables” by the National Library & Journal & Co., which is just a group of artists by the name of John Foster Burch Smith, although more of a surprise to me at the end of the day.
[Editor’s note* I wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to vote for my winner and to see my artwork at a book shop! For more of my work, read the New York Times piece The House of Seven Gables! http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/20/opinion/book-shop.html?_r=1?_r=1 ]
[Editor’s note* Please do not share this with your friends on social media that I do anything other than read. Please do not share the images that I post to social media, nor allow the images to become personal/personal content (especially when it is made with your consent. If you do, you may be liable for copyright damage or other fees associated.]>
As always when choosing to vote you make some personal decisions for each candidate. These are intended to be considered in deciding on whether a candidate should become a member of our list of nominations to receive this award. For a detailed list of nominees, please visit the links below.]
[Editor’s note* Here are some excerpts from the article published on November 2, 1997 in the NY Times to which I can now add it in full:
– The House of Seven Gables
– John Foster Burch Smith: “The Family of Seven Gables” by Christopher M. Cuthbert, June 1997
(The work is reprinted by arrangement with Burch Smith’s The House of Seven Gables, 2008 of the National Library & Journal’s “Book Club.”)
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This was written on October 21, 2001 and I don’t use the title in any of the articles given, but I’ll include the complete post in a future installment.
Thank you,
Gwen Burch Smith
[Editor’s note*: An earlier version of this post stated that Mr. Burch Smith was responsible for creating the original score for The House of Seven Gables, but by then there was no copyright infringement]
I couldn’t think of an artist or composer who had worked on the book for about 30 years. I’m not saying that I don’t have other works created by individuals, but the two stories and their themes, the book and its text, remain my favorites as a result. I don’t know that anyone could be greater—just to make sure that the readers of this post understand that people have to pay attention to their own ideas and that the book they are reading or hearing about will last and hopefully continue to be viewed by the public on other days.
—
The title of this post follows that of The Haunter Family (Burch Smith), I’m happy to share with you, and it doesn’t disappoint.
The House of Seven Gables is another work of human genius that I’ve never seen before. It is a story of friendship and jealousy, of love and sacrifice, of love and war, of hard working and hard working families and good things. What most people get out of this story is a sense of peace and love that is deep in the heart of the world, of hope and hope for all humanity.
The house is built on
I hope that you guys saw this post as the work of a great person and a great team of writers, so it would appreciate it to find their name among the winners!
I’m not surprised by the winner of the award given to “The House of Seven Gables” by the National Library & Journal & Co., which is just a group of artists by the name of John Foster Burch Smith, although more of a surprise to me at the end of the day.
[Editor’s note* I wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to vote for my winner and to see my artwork at a book shop! For more of my work, read the New York Times piece The House of Seven Gables! http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/20/opinion/book-shop.html?_r=1?_r=1 ]
[Editor’s note* Please do not share this with your friends on social media that I do anything other than read. Please do not share the images that I post to social media, nor allow the images to become personal/personal content (especially when it is made with your consent. If you do, you may be liable for copyright damage or other fees associated.]>
As always when choosing to vote you make some personal decisions for each candidate. These are intended to be considered in deciding on whether a candidate should become a member of our list of nominations to receive this award. For a detailed list of nominees, please visit the links below.]
[Editor’s note* Here are some excerpts from the article published on November 2, 1997 in the NY Times to which I can now add it in full:
– The House of Seven Gables
– John Foster Burch Smith: “The Family of Seven Gables” by Christopher M. Cuthbert, June 1997
(The work is reprinted by arrangement with Burch Smith’s The House of Seven Gables, 2008 of the National Library & Journal’s “Book Club.”)
—
This was written on October 21, 2001 and I don’t use the title in any of the articles given, but I’ll include the complete post in a future installment.
Thank you,
Gwen Burch Smith
[Editor’s note*: An earlier version of this post stated that Mr. Burch Smith was responsible for creating the original score for The House of Seven Gables, but by then there was no copyright infringement]
I couldn’t think of an artist or composer who had worked on the book for about 30 years. I’m not saying that I don’t have other works created by individuals, but the two stories and their themes, the book and its text, remain my favorites as a result. I don’t know that anyone could be greater—just to make sure that the readers of this post understand that people have to pay attention to their own ideas and that the book they are reading or hearing about will last and hopefully continue to be viewed by the public on other days.
—
The title of this post follows that of The Haunter Family (Burch Smith), I’m happy to share with you, and it doesn’t disappoint.
The House of Seven Gables is another work of human genius that I’ve never seen before. It is a story of friendship and jealousy, of love and sacrifice, of love and war, of hard working and hard working families and good things. What most people get out of this story is a sense of peace and love that is deep in the heart of the world, of hope and hope for all humanity.
The house is built on
To understand the family history, you must first meet the family. The Pyncheon family history starts in 1692 with the introduction of Colonel Pyncheon. He was a strict puritan whom everyone thought was a good godly man. However, his heart was greedy and evil. He had a man put to death so that he could gain the mans property. These sins and evils are passed down through several generations of Pyncheons. In some generations the evil is stronger or weaker. The traits are passed until the later 1900s to an elderly woman named Hephzibah Pyncheon. Hephzibah, the great grand niece of the Colonel, did not inherit all of his evil traits. Her heart was not greedy or full of hate, but she feels that she is better that everyone else because she is a Pyncheon. By the time the novel focuses on her however, she is nearly seventy and she realizes that she must open up a penny shop to survive. Hephzibahs brother, Clifford, lives with her in the house of the seven gables. Clifford is an emotional man who has spent most of his life in prison for the murder of one of his uncles. Clifford, however is the only male Pyncheon who is not full of hate, he killed his uncle to stop his uncle from killing others. Clifford and Hephzibah live in the house and are occasionally visited by their cousin, Phoebe Pyncheon. Because Phoebe moved from another town, she is unaware of the supposed curse and the inherrated evil that is supposed to dwell in her. Phoebe is perfect in every way. She is beautiful, happy, and she has a good heart. She is responsible for “Snapping them out” of the supposed spell (www.classicnotes.com).
The “curse” that was placed on the Pyncheons is accredited to the Maul family. The Maul family is the opposite of the Pyncheons. They are poor, non-puritan, and not well respected. The patriarch of this family was a man named Matthew Maul. He is the man who is put to death by Colonel Pyncheon. He was rumored to be a wizard, and due to the unjust treatment of Matthew by the Pyncheons all of the misfortune was blamed on him. The remainder of the Maul family was completely innocent but because they inherrated the reputation of Matthew Maul, they were forced to be on the lowest rung on the social ladder. One Maul though, John Holgrave Maul, simply known as Mr. Holgrave, was determined to change the reputation of the Mauls by making things right with the Pyncheons. His actions show the reader that it is the Pyncheon family to blame, and they must take steps to correct themselves or they will suffer this self-inflicted curse forever. Mr. Holgrave later marries Phoebe (www.classicnote.com).
The setting of this novel is the most important factor in the story because it is filled with symbolism of Hawthornes views of the puritans. The novel spans almost two hundred years from 1700 to 1900, although most of the novel is set in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Even though the times change, the place stays the same. The House of the seven Gables is located in the average New England town on a very rich street. The house is very large and extravagant, but severely run down. The most remarkable thing about the house is the seven gables that surround the house. The house is really a huge mansion with several rooms. Many of these rooms have been shut up for years because the inhabitants fear that they may be haunted. The house is a representation of the entire Pyncheon family and their general attitudes. The Pyncheons were once rich and well respected, but the “cures” caused them to dwindle in power, money, and number. Their reputation fell apart. They still however put on the same front and acted big and powerful when in all actuality they had ghosts in their hearts, and their lives took a physical toll on their lives (William James p. 306).
The House of the seven gables is surrounded by a garden. This is an unusual garden because it is void of life. There are tall flowers that are on the brink of death. They are stiff, rotten, weak, and yet they still have some color in them. They refuse to die. The odd thing about the flowers is that they have an irrigation system feeding them. This represents the fact that the problem facing the Pyncheons lies right in front of them, but they are so stubborn that they refuse to look down at their feet for the answer. The garden also contains pigs and chickens. Both of these animals are sickly and almost dead. They refuse to eat. This is also a representation of the Pyncheons, other that Phoebe, because they refuse to do the obvious and stop living by their sinful hearts. They would rather die out than change and accept reality (William James p. 306-307).
There are many other symbols that appear throughout the area of the house. The Pyncheon house was built beside the original Maul residence, which the Colonel tore down to build his house. There was a beautiful spring beside the Mauls house known as Mauls well. As soon as the Colonel built his house the water became polluted due to the fact that the Colonel had his basement dug too deep. This represents the Pyncheons disruption of all that is good. The sinful pride of the Pyncheons ruined each Pyncheons life, just like the sinful pride of the Colonel ruined the Well (William James p. 307).
The action of the story begins when Hephzibah opens a tiny penny store in the house. She has been forced to do so because of a decline in the family fortune that reduced her to poverty. Hephzibah has few customers in this little store. One little boy, Ned Higgins, buys tons of gingerbread from her. Another customer, the young photographer, Mr. Holgrave, is a boarder in the House of the Seven Gables and Hephzibahs only friend. When her cousin Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon comes to visit her, she retreats back into the house. Jaffrey is the current embodiment of