Describe the themes included in Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing?

Hawthorne has been considered a major writer from the 1830s to the present. Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues Hawthorne's major themes and thematic patterns include self-trust versus accommodation to authority; conventional versus unconventional gender roles.

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"Hawthorne's writing style goes hand-in-hand with his gloomy themes and stories. As a Dark Romantic, it's no surprise that he used symbols and metaphors to teach lessons. His focus on the psychological is also typical of the Dark Romantic style, which he used to illustrate themes of sin, guilt, and hypocrisy." -study.com

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