Matthew Maule

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Matthew Maule is a fictional figure in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The House of the Seven Gables," originally the land’s owner whose dispossession and execution for witchcraft cast a long curse over the Pyncheon family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The House of the Seven Gables NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Gothic fiction
historical fiction
associatedWith curse on the Pyncheon family
themes of inherited guilt
themes of injustice
themes of retribution
conflictWith Colonel Pyncheon NERFINISHED
creator Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED
dispossessedBy Colonel Pyncheon NERFINISHED
executedBy authorities of colonial New England
executedFor witchcraft
familyName Maule NERFINISHED
hasDescendant younger Matthew Maule (the daguerreotypist Holgrave) NERFINISHED
influences fate of the Pyncheon family across generations
languageOfWork English
lastWords God will give him blood to drink
literaryPeriod American Romanticism NERFINISHED
medium novel
narrativeFunction origin of the Pyncheon family misfortunes
symbol of victims of persecution
occupation carpenter
propertyLost land later used for the House of the Seven Gables
roleInWork original owner of the land where the Pyncheon house is built
source of a hereditary curse on the Pyncheon family
victim of a witchcraft accusation
setInPlace New England NERFINISHED
setInTime late 17th century

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