First, Hawthorne uses tone as a way to explain Puritan values. For example, Hawthorne writes

"A man of sturdy understanding, like Judge Pyncheon, cares no more for twelve o'clock at night than for the corresponding hour of noon. However, just the parallel drawn, in some of the preceding pages between his Puritan ancestor and himself, it fails to this point. The Pyncheon of two centuries ago, in common with most of his contemporaries, professed his full belief in spiritual ministrations, although reckoning them chiefly of a malignant character" (Hawthorne 243).

This quote is an example of the Puritan heritage Hawthorne is part of. The quote tells of "spiritual ministrations" which helped to build up a person's character in a positive way. The quote hints at the importance of ancestors in one's family, because Judge Pyncheon was supposed to have a parallel lifestyle to his uncle, and the above quote draws a

The words like "dog-day heat" add to the image Hawthorne tries to create through words, which enhances descriptions. The tone Hawthorne uses is cynical and humorous. Peter Buitenhuis says that Hawthonre "uses a number of striking oxymorons to illustrate the hypocritical nature of the man, such as 'solid unrealities' and 'splendid rubbish'." (Buitenhuis 80). The use of oxymorons by Hawthorne keeps the reader from becoming bored and exhausted from paragraphs of explanations and descriptions. With the use of cynical phrases and oxymorons, Hawthorne's writing becomes more enjoyable and enlightening, rather than dry and over descriptive. "In The House of Seven Gables, there is also more humor than of his other works. It peeps out, even in the most serious passages, in a kind of demure rebellion against the fanaticism of his remorseless intelligence" (Whipple 305). By adding cynicism to more serious passages, Hawthorne provides the reader with comic relief from the seriousness of the story to 'de-stress' the reader from the trials and tribulations of the plot he is creating. In a description of the House of Seven Gables, Hawthorne describes the texture, color, and position of Hepzibah's cent shop the way an artist might paint the shop. "There is blue sand on the floor, and the brown scales, though rusty, show signs of scrubbing. The shop holds barrels of apples, flour, Indian meal, boxes of soap, candles" (Budz 174). The adjectives Hawthorne uses in his writing make it possible for a more descriptive and detailed image to be made in certain scenes of the novel, whereas in some books, authors do not use imagery the way Hawthorne does, which makes the writing less colorful and vibrant. Another scene in the novel where there is immense description is when Clifford is eating breakfast. The description Hawthorne creates appeals to the five senses, which makes the reader feel as though one is actually in the kitchen where Clifford is eating, smelling, tasting and seeing what he does, from the bountiful breakfast. The sense, which is most aroused during this particular scene with Clifford, is the sense of sight, where Hawthorne describes the "well-provisioned breakfast-table". Such descriptions as these add feeling to the words one reads, and makes the novel a realistic, three

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