Donatello, madly obsessed with Miriam by this point cannot take this and murders the man in cold blood. From this point onward, the stranger stalks her through the city, never far behind.ĭuring a nighttime excursion to the Capitoline Hill, the stranger approaches her.
Miriam, the passionate and exotic woman from New England has a chance encounter with a stranger in the catacombs. Hawthorne's story takes many detours, describing in detail Ancient Art and the beauty of the city. The Italian is compared to the statue of a Faun by Praxiteles, alluding to his lack of conscience and general ease of mind. Finally, the Italian count Donatello, a friend of the group is introduced. In his footsteps are Hilda and Miriam, two art students with different backgrounds. The first is Kenyon, an American sculptor who comes to Rome to study the Ancients. The book starts by introducing the characters. The last novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne paints a surreal picture of guilt, love and responsibility when describing the adventures of three Americans and one Italian in the eternal city of Rome. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. The four main characters are Miriam, a beautiful painter who is compared to Eve, Beatrice Cenci, Lady Macbeth, Judith, and Cleopatra, and is being pursued by a mysterious, threatening Model Hilda, an innocent copyist who is compared to the Virgin Mary Kenyon, a sculptor, who represents rationalist humanism and Donatello, the Count of Monti Beni, who is compared to Adam, resembles the Faun of Praxiteles, and is probably only half human.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
The theme, characteristic of Hawthorne, is guilt and the Fall of Man. In the spring of 1858, Hawthorne was inspired to write his romance when he saw the Faun of Praxiteles in a Roman sculpture gallery. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, Gothic novel, and travel guide. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy. The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Marble Faun
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