The Hollow of the Three Hills

A detailed Summary of The Hollow of the Three Hills

The Hollow of the Three Hills is a story of dishonor,

deceit, and death. The author, Nathaniel Hawthorn portrays

the main character as a beautiful woman with a shameful and

abominable past. She tries to run from her problems but

comes to find out no matter how big or small a problem,

trying to run from it will only make the problem follow.

The main character was so driven by curiosity and

remorse that she brought herself to go see a witch. They

met in a place described by Hawthorne as "a hollow basin,

almost mathematically circular, two or three hundred feet in

breadth,...the resort of the Power of Evil and his plighted

subjects."(Hawthorne 103) This describes the character as

someone who is a plighted subject who had such a secret that

she had to be where "no mortal could observe them"(Hawthorne

103) She wanted this witch to help her see and hear what was

happening with her loved ones; but she only had one hour to

do so and after this one hour she would die Hawthorne did

not come out and say this but in saying things like "there

is but a short hour that we may tarry here."(Hawthorne 103)

and I will do your bidding though I die(Hawthorne 103). She

had run from everything that was important to her because

broken her heart but watching it through a witches spell

disgust and humiliation she had no one that cared about her

main character to look back at her daughter; but when she

on him and see if he was all right. Nathaniel Hawthorne

character is looking in on her parents by means of the

the most important, was dying. Hawthorne was not too clear

looks back for her daughter she doesn't see her all she sees

The main character left her daughter to die and that is just

what happened. Looking back in retrospect the main

The part in the story when she looked back towards her

Approximate Word count = 853
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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