Romance in The House of Seven

The House of Seven Gables: What are the effects of “Romance” used in the novel-as defined by Hawthorne in his Preface-on the moral of the story? In The House of Seven Gables Hawthorne uses Romantic elements to make the moral of the story more believable. The romantic elements of the novel add suspicion to the truth of the moral. In The House of Seven Gables the moral stated in the preface is: “that the wrong-doing …

…of ill will against the Pyncheons seemed to live on. Hawthorne masterfully used romantic elements to support the moral of the story that he stated in his preface. The romantic elements were used to blend with the truth to make the moral of the story more believable by providing examples of its occurrence. The House of Seven Gables was littered with elements of romance that helped to make the moral of the story more realistic.