Nathaniel Hawthorne Program
Video Clip List
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Start Time
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| Description
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| 1 |
1:09.8 |
2:15.6 |
Why is Nathaniel Hawthorne relevant to study today? |
| 2 |
2:23.0 |
3:21.4 |
Can people today identify with the characters in the book? |
| 3 |
4:08.4 |
5:14.8 |
Description of Salem community |
| 4 |
5:32.1 |
6:40.8 |
Hawthorne's biographical information |
| 5 |
6:46.1 |
7:45.6 |
What was Salem like in the early 19th century? |
| 6 |
7:51.6 |
9:29.5 |
Why did Hawthorne want to be a writer? Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 7 |
9:31.2 |
10:34.3 |
Was there money to be made from writing? |
| 8 |
11:01.4 |
13:42.8 |
The Peabody family; women's rights Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 9 |
13:51.8 |
15:44.7 |
Connections among writers; intellectual community |
| 10 |
16:25.1 |
18:46.8 |
Descendents of Sofia and Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 11 |
18:50.8 |
19:54.7 |
Religion |
| 12 |
20:47.2 |
21:56.5 |
The Puritans Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 13 |
23:56.9 |
25:42.2 |
Hawthorne's diaries and journals; his papers |
| 14 |
25:42.3 |
26:45.1 |
Hawthorne's description of architecture |
| 15 |
26:53.0 |
28:37.2 |
Hawthorne's use of language
Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 16 |
28:41.0 |
31:47.0 |
Reading passage; symbolism of the Scarlet Letter |
| 17 |
32:40.8 |
33:58.8 |
Does the book relate to 16 year olds?; Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale |
| 18 |
35:03.0 |
36:49.5 |
Scandals vs. personal lives |
| 19 |
36:52.9 |
38:35.9 |
Religion; Puritan beliefs
Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 20 |
39:14.3 |
40:37.1 |
How Hawthorne was different from other writers during his time |
| 21 |
40:40.8 |
42:34.6 |
Hawthorne's childhood |
| 22 |
42:48.8 |
45:42.9 |
The basis for writing The Scarlet Letter |
| 23 |
45:52:1 |
47:46.8 |
What the country was like in 1850; Franklin Pierce |
| 24 |
48:14.7 |
51:55.3 |
Recommendations for learning more from The Scarlet Letter |
| 25 |
53:22.0 |
54:03.1 |
Movies that were influenced by The Scarlet Letter |
| 26 |
54:35.6 |
55:20.7 |
Hawthorne's birth home |
| 27 |
55:20.8 |
56:11.4 |
Hawthorne's childhood; addition of "w" to his last name |
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28 |
56:14.9 |
58:14.1 |
Hawthorne's relationship to Herman Melville |
| 29 |
58:16.9 |
59:43.3 |
What is inside Hawthorne's birth home?; other uses of the house |
| 30 |
59:51.8 |
1:03:36 |
Teaching The Scarlet Letter |
| 31 |
1:03:39 |
1:04:41 |
House of Seven Gables |
| 32 |
1:04:59 |
1:07:03 |
Hawthorne's lifestyle; inside the house |
| 33 |
1:07:12 |
1:11:08 |
Hawthorne's views on education; Horace Mann |
| 34 |
1:11:11 |
1:13:24 |
Chillingworth as the villain |
| 35 |
1:23:07 |
1:25:17 |
Berkley Peabody, ancestor of Sophia Hawthorne; his connection to Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 36 |
1:25:24 |
1:26:09 |
History of the House of Seven Gables |
| 37 |
1:26:13 |
1:29:19 |
Hawthorne at Brook Farm; The Blithedale Romance |
| 38 |
1:29:20 |
1:32:38 |
Hester Prynne; Hawthorne's use of language Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 39 |
1:32:41 |
1:37:20 |
Teaching The Scarlet Letter to high school students; movie adaptation of book |
| 40 |
1:37:21 |
1:39:53 |
Reading from the Custom-House Essay
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| 41 |
1:40:18 |
1:45:25 |
What the times were like in the 1850's |
| 42 |
1:47:18 |
1:48:19 |
The symbolism of "Pearl" |
| 43 |
1:49:26 |
1:51:47 |
Forest scene Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 44 |
1:51:47 |
1:53:48 |
Puritans; historical accuracy
Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 45 |
1:54:10 |
1:55:37 |
Hawthorne artifacts; glass pane |
| 46 |
1:55:50 |
1:56:37 |
card case; Bowdoin College |
| 47 |
1:56:42 |
1:59:48 |
First chapter of House of Seven Gables |
| 48 |
1:59:56 |
2:01:09 |
The Spectator; other writings by Hawthorne |
| 49 |
2:01:10 |
2:02:00 |
William La Moy's thoughts on Hawthorne as a person |
| 50 |
2:02:15 |
2:03:16 |
Hawthorne's religious beliefs |
| 51 |
2:03:19 |
2:04:44 |
The Tanglewood Tales; Hawthorne's children's books |
| 52 |
2:04:49 |
2:05:51 |
A letter home from Hawthorne while at Bowdoin asking for money |
| 53 |
2:05:56 |
2:09:11 |
Melville and Hawthorne's writing styles |
| 54 |
2:09:12 |
2:11:09 |
First edition of The Scarlet Letter; First edition of The Life of Franklin Pierce |
| 55 |
2:11:11 |
2:13:36 |
Story of the Pierce Biography |
| 56 |
2:13:38 |
2:14:26 |
Funding for the project
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| 57 |
2:14:27 |
2:16:29 |
How to buy the book; student who helped write the book |
| 58 |
2:17:18 |
2:19:38 |
Friendship between Hawthorne and Pierce |
| 59 |
2:19:39 |
2:20:43 |
Hawthorne's interest in politics |
| 60 |
2:20:44 |
2:22:51 |
Modern writers who have written about the same themes as Hawthorne |
| 61 |
2:22:56 |
2:26:58 |
How to better understand the novel; Rapachini's Daughter |
| 62 |
2:27:10 |
2:29:34 |
Women's issues from The Scarlet Letter Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 63 |
2:29:37 |
2:30:52 |
Criticisms of the book |
| 64 |
2:31:30 |
2:32:43 |
Most important things to know about Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter |
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