Nick PronovostEnglish 10 distinctionsLatanziHawthorne's Style Research PaperNathaniel Hawthorne's writing styleThroughout his short stories, "The Birthmark", "The Minister's Black Veil" and "The Daughter of Rappaccini,” the style of Nathaniel Hawthorne is revealed through his dark visions of human nature in relation to the ideals of transcendentalism; Hawthorne's obsession with sin and how this obsession is indicative of his contempt for his Puritan roots; Hawthorne's dark romantic style draws on his distaste for his Puritan roots and his obsession with siniss that is prevalent throughout his short stories. In Hawthorne's short story "The Birthmark", his dark views of human nature in relation to transcendentalism reveal his style and view of humanity. Throughout "The Birthmark", there are numerous pieces of textual evidence that highlight Hawthorne's dark and almost insidious views of humanity in relation to transcendentalism, for example: "To explain this conversation it is necessary to mention that in the center of Georgiana's left cheek there was a singular. mark, deeply intertwined, as it were, with the texture and substance of his face” “The birthmark.” This quote from the short story The Birthmark describes how man's imperfections are deeply ingrained in their identity and therefore can never be eliminated because their flaws define humanity as it is. Transcendentalism has a much more positive view of humanity; The values ​​of Transcendentalism are individuality, non-conformity, freedom, autonomy and loyalty to oneself, while the quote above basically characterizes humanity as a flaw that cannot be removed from the surface of the earth. Another example of Hawthorne's dark views of humanity is: "Its form bore no similarity to the h...... middle of paper ...... rnatural is a powerful theme that is often used in a dark romantic style. story based, simply because it is the supernatural that causes fear in humanity and the purpose of a gothic or dark romantic style is to instill fear in the reader. The following quote from “Rappaccini's Daughter” shows how Hawthorne used the dark, romantic element of fear in the short story “Rappaccini's Daughter”: “Poison was his life element. With this rich scent of her breath, she blew the very air. Her love would have been poison: she would embrace death. Hawthorne connects the human embrace, a means of comfort, to a deadly action and connects love and comfort to a resulting poisonous death, and the use of conversion of an action that people use all the time to comfort themselves connects their daily actions to evil, to sins. , and death and ultimately terrifying the reader.