Symbolic Significance of Hawthorne's Title The House of the Seven Gables
In The House of the Seven Gables Hawthorne, from the start, describes the House of the Seven Gables as if it were human. He says: “The aspect of the venerable mansion has always affected me like a human countenance, --- expressions of the long lapse of mortal life”. Personification in later... Sign in to see full entry.