Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of symbolism “The decayed remnants of the house of Pyncheon cling to the decayed house of the seven gables in a comprehensive symbolic representation of inbreeding and lingering aristocratic pretension” (Buitenhuis 32). “The symbolic and aristocratic nature of The House of Seven Gables has tempted critics to read into the five major characters, Hepzibah, Clifford, Phoebe, Holgrave and Judge Pyncheon, all kinds of moral and psychological intentions”(Buitenhuis 88). Nathaniel Hawthorne used and …showed first 75 words of 1401 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1401 total…Publishers, 1991 Gollin, Rita K. “The Past Revisits in the Present in The House of the Seven Gables.” Readings on Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ed. Clarice Swisher. San Diego: Greenburg Press Inc, 1996. 132- 138. Griffith, Clark. “Substance and Shadow : Language and Meaning in The House of the Seven Gables.” Modern Critical Views Nathaniel Hawthorne . Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. 13-23. Wagenknechet, Edward. Nathaniel Hawthorne The Man, His Tales and Romances. New York: The Continuum Publishing Company, 1989.