Fancy’s Show-Box

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Fancy’s Show-Box is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of conscience, temptation, and moral judgment through a supernatural device that reveals people’s inner guilt.

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instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresConcept inner guilt made visible ⓘ
judgment of one’s own actions ⓘ
featuresCharacterType figures struggling with conscience ⓘ
fictionalSettingType moral-allegorical setting ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasMoralFocus examination of inner moral life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre moral tale ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
narrativeDevice supernatural device that reveals inner guilt ⓘ
sharesThemesWith The Minister’s Black Veil ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter ⓘ
Young Goodman Brown ⓘ
theme conscience ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
moral judgment ⓘ
sin ⓘ
supernatural intervention ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
usesMotif magical or supernatural object ⓘ
workOfAuthor Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ

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