31 pages 1 hour read

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Wives of the Dead

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1832

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Essay Topics

1.

Describe three ways the author hints that the particulars of his story might be parts of a dream.

2.

List details mentioned in the story, including the house, its colonial setting, weather and time of day, and the women themselves, that enhance the gloomy mood

3.

Describe briefly the challenges a young newlywed woman of colonial Massachusetts might face upon learning that her husband has died.