DAVID SWAN BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ENERGIZER 1 WHEN

“DAVID SWAN” BY: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

ENERGIZER

1. WHEN WAS HAWTHORNE BORN? • July 4, 1804

2. WHEN DID HE DIE? • MAy 19, 1864

3. WHERE IS THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH? • SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS

4. WHO DID HE MARRY IN 1842? • SOPHIA PEABODY

5. WHAT DID HIS RELATIVE TH PARTICIPATED IN 17 CENTURY WHICH GAVE HIM PANGS OF GUILT? • SALEM, WITCHCRAFT TRIAL

6. WHAT IS CONSIDERED HIS MAGNUM OPUS? • THE SCARLET LETTER

7. WHAT PERTAINS TO SYMBOLIC EXPRESSION OF MEA-NING IN A STORY? • ALLEGORY

8. HIS EARLY WORKS DEPICTS THE EFFECTS OF______IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND. • PURITANISM

9. WHERE DID DAVID GOT HIS CLASSIC FINISH? • GLIMANTON ACADEMY

10. ACCORDING TO THE WEALTHY MERCHANT HOW MUCH IS THE WORTH OF DAVID’S SLUMBER? • MORE THAN HALF HIS INCOME

11. WHAT CRIME DID THE RECORDING ANGEL WROTE DOWN AGAINST THE SOUL OF THE 2 RASCALS? • MURDER

12. HOW LONG HAS DAVID SLEPT? • AN HOUR’S REPOSE

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE • AMERICAN NOVELIST, BORN ON JULY 4, 1804.

• LAMED BY ACCIDENT DURING HIS CHILDHOOD. • UNABLE TO TAKE PART IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

• BECAME AN ASSIDUOUS READER. • “SCARLET LETTER” MASTERPIECE.

Hawthorne’s works explore the darker side of human nature, especially themes of guilt and effor at reconciliation.

VOCABULARY BUILDING MATCHING TYPE

1. PERCHANCE 2. LINCHPIN 3. DAMASK 4. COUNTENANCE 5. RASCALS 6. ROGu. ES A. 7. DIRK 8. VICISSITUDE A. DEVIL B. SCOUNDREL C. SUCCESSIVE CHANGE D. DAGGER E. APPEARANCE F. PERHAPS G. USED TO SECURE WHEELS H. PAYMENT I. PINK B.

CHARACTERS: • DAVID SWAN -20 Y/O WAYFARER • OLD WEALTHY COUPLE -ELDERLY MERCHANT

• PRETTY YOUNG GIRL -DAUGHTER OF THRIVING MERCHANT • 2 RASCALS -ROGUES, VILLAINS

MINOR • MIDDLE-AGED WIDOW • LECTURER • DOG • BEE

SETTING: • BENEATH THE MAPLE TREE

THEME: • VICISSITUDE

MOOD: • SUBJUNCTIVE, REGRET, IRONIC

STYLE: • Powerful symbolism and psychological complexity.

POINT OF VIEW: 3 RD PERSON OMNISCIENT

PLOT STRUCTURE: • DAVID SWAN IS ON THE WAY TO BOSTON.

• HIS UNCLE WHO OWNS A SMALL GROCERY STORE EM-PLOYED HIM AS CLERK.

• HE JOURNEYED ON FOOT FROM SUNRISE TILL NOON.

• DAVID SAT IN THE FIRST CONVENIENT SHADE TO AWAIT THE COMING STAGECOACH.

• DEEP SLEEP FELL UPON DAVID.

1. MIDDLE-AGED WIDOW 2. LECTURER 3. WEALTHY ELDERLY MERCHANT

4. BLUSHING PRETTY YOUNG GIRL 5. COUPLE OF RASCALS 6. DOG AND ITS MASTER

• CENSURE, PRAISE, MERRIMENT, SCORN , INDIFFERENCE, PHANTOM OF WEALTH, LOVE AND

• SHADOW OF DEATH ALL IN AN HOUR’S REPOSE ALL WERE ONE, OR RATHER NOTHING TO DAVID

• THE STAGECOACH APPROACHED AND HE TOOK A RIDE ON TOP. …END…

COMPREHENSION CHECK: 1. IF YOU WERE DAVID, AND YOU WERE AWAKE DURING THOSE EVENTS, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?

2. DID YOU EVER FEEL SO TIRED TO THE POINT THAT ANY FLAT SURFACE CAN SERVE YOU AS BED?

3. HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED MISSING OUT AN OPPURTUNITY BECAUSE YOU WERE SLEEPING?

4. DOES THE STORY SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A SUPERINTENDING PROVIDENCE GUIDING US? WHY OR WHY NOT?

“THERE ARE COUNTLESS ‘MIGHTHAVE BEENS’ IN OUR LIVES THAT WE ARE NEVER AWARE OF. ”

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