Artist+of+the+Beautiful

Austin Miller – Period 3 The Artist of the Beautiful Passage is from: “"Where did you get that idea, Annie?"” on page 84 to “Even Annie Hovenden, possibly might not have disappointed him had she been enlightened by the deep intelligence of love.” On page 85

Author – Nathaniel Hawthorne Time and circumstances of publication – First published in 1844, later published with some of his other works in **// Mosses from an Old Manse //** Context Is there anything going on in the world or author’s life that influenced the writing of this work? In March of 1844 his first child is born. In 1846 his second child is born. (I’m not really sure how this relates to the story but that’s all that’s going on in his life at the time.) How does the work fit within the author’s body of work?

Synopsis of the work: briefly tell the story in one or two sentences In this short story the main character (Owen Warland, a watch maker) struggles between a practical, normal life and an obsession with beauty. Owen works on a secret project and gives it to the newborn son of Robert Danforth and Annie (who Owen is or was fond of). The present is a beautiful butterfly that gets crushed by the son. Owen does not become angry, he instead realizes that the symbol of the beauty is not important because he has now created true beauty himself.

Theme of the work: There can be more than one theme. Themes may include: Literary Features: __Diction__: Hawthorne uses an extended diction, as if he “writes from a thesaurus”. Owen uses words like “methinks” that aren’t used very often. This gives Owen a more sage-like appearance. __Imagery__: Hawthorne’s peculiar diction adds to the effect that the imagery gives. The way Owen talks helps develop the picture of him in the readers’ mind. Hawthorne uses lots of detail to give more detailed imagery. For example: “the artist seized her by the wrist with a force that made her scream aloud” and “intense rage and anguish that writhed across his features” both of these examples show an almost vulgar language that Hawthorne uses to give very detailed imagery. __Symbolism:__ Isn’t much symbolism. The clock that Annie breaks in this passage might represent the “toil of months and the thought of a lifetime” of Owen. __Allusions:__ I didn’t find any allusions. __Irony:__ __Juxtaposition:__ Owen tries to explain the significance of his work and expects Annie to realize the importance yet she calls it a "whirligig"
 * The beauty of art comes not from the product but the process **

Significance of Owen Warland's name. His name is "war" between creative spirit and brute force. Owen also blames people for destruction of his work. He says Annie has "ruined him" and his months of work yet just like the creative spirit he gets back to another project [|โลชั่น Wink White] Intrusion of narrator:

Queen Mab - a fairy, enters into minds of people and gives birth to their dreams

Create a controlling idea for the commentary: How do the literary features the poet uses contribute to the reading, interpretation or meaning of the poem? Form + meaning

I would focus a commentary of this section on Hawthorne’s diction. There are so many examples of Hawthorne using an extended diction in this section. You could talk about how Hawthorne uses diction to enhance the characters, etc...

In analyzing the literary features, consider the following: (PLEASE NOTE: not all of these apply to every work, and not all of these should be used to analyze each poem.) Use the form you received before. Go to Edmodo and select the library. Find the document entitled “S uggested Questions To Ask When Analyzing Poetry.”

[|Wink White Thailand] While you will include all the literary features in your fact sheet, your commentary will include only the literary features that support your controlling idea.

Suggestions for the Conclusion:

Explain how the passage is relevant to the entire short story, life, human nature or the world. Then apply this idea to your life or world.

This passage is extremely relevant to the rest of the short story because throughout the story Owen struggles between doing normal tasks (such as fixing people’s clocks) and working on secret projects. After Annie breaks this clock Owen loses faith and goes back do doing normal tasks with no purpose.