상업사회와 작가 : The House of the Seven Gables 을 중심으로 The House of the Seven Gables = The Commercial Society and the Writer in

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When Hawthorne finished The Scarlet Letter, he was uncomfortable with the starkness of his own tragic vision in the novel. What he bothered was that the novel was monotonous as well as too stern and sombre. So he wanted to pour some genial sunshine into his second novel to secure a larger audience. Despite the moderate success of The Scarlet Letter, he was still pressed hard financially. Hawthorne wanted to share popular preference for fiction combining $quot;sunshine and shadow,$quot; for he could not ignore the world's wish everything should turn out well at the end.
The House of the Seven Gables reveals Hawthorne's conflicts between his craving for money and fame and his desire to be a great writer of telling the a truth of human heart more clearly than any of his other works. As he usually does in his works, Hawthorne expresses his wishes and dilemmas through the characters in the novel. Hepzibah, the old maid who opens a cent-shop in the corner of the house after her long seclusion, shows how difficult it is for one the adjust to the exchange process and the relation of the buyer and the seller. Hawthorne probably expects good luck that he can deal with the public as pleasantly and efficiently as Phoebe does. Unfortunately he recognizes it is not possible for him to do like Phobe. Through Judge Jaffrey Pynchoen, a hypocrite, Hawthorne demonstrates a character who thoroughly appreciates the comerciality of genial countenance. The writer finds a candidate for an artist in Holgrave, a daguerreotypist and member of Maules, who lodges in the house of the seven gables. Holgrave tries to bring out the truth people cannot notice in the daily life. However, the truth Holgrave catches cannot be presented to the public, because they do not like to see nor admit it.
Hawthorne attempts to resolve his dilemma by reconciling Maules and Pyncheons that will attract a popular audience. He arranges the marriage of Holgrave and Phoebe after she inherits a large sum of money, a result of the sudden death of Jaffrey and his son. However, the prosperous ending has been criticisized on account that the reconciliation of Maine and Pyncheon is not convincing and the inheritance of the Judge's money upon the the surviving characters is the evils of inheritance. The comic resolution prepart for the public, Hawthorne felt, was violating the logic of his tale and sacrificing of the truth of human heart.