Hawthorne's Short Stories:a Journey to Explore Evil

摘要

Hawthorne was a great writer who reminds us of human limitations.He called his tales "allegories of the heart." Hawthorne's allegories are stories of how pride and isolation frustrate our capacity for love and sympathy.Isolation or "alienation" is Hawthorne's principal theme and problem,and loss of contact with reality is the ultimate penalty he envisions.Therefore,reading Hawthorne's stories is a journey to explore human being's evil.