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ffend the puritan conventions.) B. Hawthorne used symbols and setting to reveal the psychology of characters. ( take symbols for example: A symbol is, like a metaphor, something that stands for, or represents, something else: an object, a person, even an idea. The Scarlet Letter is rich with symbols。 Famous Old People。Nathaniel Hawthorne life ? Hawthorne studied at Bowdoin college in Maine(1821~1825) ? ? Pot Longfellow and Franklin pierce Literary Career ? Fanshawe failure ? The Token 1830 ? Seven tales of my native land burnt ? twicetold tales(first collection of short stories) little money ? Hawthorne did three thing: first, as a surveyor second, Grandfather39。s Chair 。 the Liberty Tree third, he invested his savings at Brook Farm ? Mosses form an old manse(second collection of short stories) ? The scarlet letter(most famous novel) First American romancer Significance ? Hawthorne was imbued with an inquiring imagination, an intensely meditative, and an unceasing interest in the ambiguity of man’s being. ? At his best, Hawthorne was a master of psych