![]() ![]() The novel also reflects Hawthorne’s interest in the art and culture of Europe-especially Italy, where he traveled for a year and a half before writing the novel. Hawthorne suggests that the experience of sin and evil may help us to become morally and spiritually more mature. Both Donatello and Miriam must deal with the consequences of their wrongdoing and find their way back to happiness and moral righteousness. The faun, Donatello, symbolizes the innocence and happiness of mankind before original sin. Like his earlier novel The Scarlet Letter, The Marble Faun shows Hawthorne’s preoccupation with the problem of evil and the psychology of sin. Kenyon and Hilda plan to marry, and while Miriam and Donatello are in love once more, their future remains uncertain. The solution to the mystery partially emerges during the Carnival festivities in Rome, where the four friends reunite. Meanwhile, Kenyon is in love with Hilda, but his plan to propose marriage is thwarted when she mysteriously disappears after telling a priest about the murder. When Miriam arrives there, Kenyon suggests a plan to reunite her with Donatello and heal their feelings of sadness and guilt. ![]() Donatello leaves Rome and goes to his ancestral home in Tuscany, where Kenyon visits him. When Donatello kills a man who has been shadowing Miriam, the murder unleashes strong feelings of guilt in Donatello and the two women. ![]()
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