Ambitious+Guest

jest, mirth, glad again, dwelt in ... solitude... held daily converse with the world -- stage coach, wayfarer, teamster, ... homely kindness beyond all price. Daughter image of Happiness at seventeen Grandmother Happiness Grown old unity among themselves and separation from the world at large ...still kept a holy place where no stranger should intrude melancholy, despondency, travels a wild and bleak road at nightfall and alone-- travelled far and alone, solitary path, kept himself apart brightened, kindly warmth of his reception, footing of innocent familiarity,
 * Look at the description of the family before the guest arrives.**
 * Description of the guest and changes after he enters**

proud, gentle spirit, haughty and reserved among the rich and great, ever ready to stoop his head to the lowly cottage door high and abstracted ambition, "He could have borne to live an undistinguished life, but not be forgotten in grave." "certainty that ...a glory was to beam on all his pathway." "As yet, I have done nothing...But I cant die till I have achieved my destiny. Then, let Death come! I shall have built my monument."


 * Setting** -- These are all quoted words -- ruins of great trees that had come crashing down the precipice, bleakest, pitilessly cold, cold spot and a dangerous one -- mountain towered above their heads, wind...with a sound of wailing and lamentation, dreary blast, wailed ... went moaning away...


 * Family's home** -- good fire, cheerful faces, kindled it on purpose for me, warmth, simplicity of feeling, pervading intelligence of New England


 * As the guest settles in, a heavy footstep is heard...What do you think this is? Why would Hawthorne introduce it?**

Is not the kindred of a common fate a closer tie than birth? "It is our nature to desire a monument, be it slate or marble, or a pillar of granite or a glorious memory in the universal heart of man" "Old and young, we dream of graves and monuments" Look at the i
 * Quotations:**

"to freeze myself to death on the top of Mount Washington...would be a noble pedestal for a man's statue." "It is better to sit here by this fire, answered the girl blushing, and be comfortable and content though nobody thinks about us."
 * What are the ironies in the story?**

"Old and young, we dream of graves and monuments" Look at the irony here -- the grandmother was speaking of graves and he was speaking of monuments, but that's contrary to how it end.

Read the ending...


 * How does Hawthorne use foreshadowing?**


 * What is the theme of the story?**


 * What are the conflicts?**