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The Ambitious Guest

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Ambitious Guest

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Ambitious Guest Essay Topics

1.

Assessing the definition of hubris, would you consider the guest to be a tragic hero?

2.

Though not a typical Dark Romantic short story by Hawthorne, “The Ambitious Guest” still has traits of Dark Romanticism. What do you think these traits are? How does it affect your reading of the story?

3.

The narrator repeatedly refers to the guest as having “dignity” and being “proud” (302, 304). The guest is further described as both proud and kind or gentle. To what effect does the narrator describe the guest in this detail?

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