(“Customs” are the taxes paid on foreign imports into a country; a “customhouse” is the building where these taxes are paid.) He finds the establishment to be a ...

A nameless narrator (who has a similar biography to Hawthorne) describes his job as chief executive officer of a Custom House, the place where taxes were ...

The preface sets the atmosphere of the story and connects the present with the past. Hawthorne's description of the Salem port of the 1800s is directly related ...

22 февр. 2018 г. · It's not meant to comment on the action of the story; it's meant to tell how Hawthorne supposedly learned the story. Read it for enjoyment of ...

One purpose that "The Custom-House" serves is to provide a frame for the ensuing story. It also introduces the vaguely supernatural motif of the letter's power ...

22 апр. 2024 г. · The Custom House is largely an autobiographical sketch describing Hawthorne's life as an administrator of the Salem Custom House. It was written ...

8 апр. 2019 г. · The custom house links the Narrator with Hester, they have much in common with each other, they both have puritan ancestory and they both feel ...

What is the primary purpose for the Custom-House introduction? to give the reader a better understanding of the people living in the Custom-House and their ways ...

15 сент. 2023 г. · The Custom House Essay introduces the novel's narrator, offers a frame story that adds authenticity, compares Hester Prynne and Nathaniel ...