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LADY OF THE MAY (addressing the audience) Bright were the days at Merry Mount when the Maypole was the banner-staff of that gay colony. 0000030955 00000 n But what chiefly) Tj 0 -14.16 TD -0.0542 Tc 0.1742 Tw (characterized the colonists of Merry Mount was their veneration for) Tj T* -0.0531 Tc 0.1731 Tw (the Maypole. Tj T* -0.0826 Tc 0.2026 Tw ( "Here be a couple of shining ones," continued Peter Palfrey,) Tj T* -0.0752 Tc 0.1952 Tw (pointing his weapon at the Lord and Lady of the May. >> 0000013047 00000 n BT 90 708.72 TD 0 0 0 rg /F0 12 Tf -0.1078 Tc 0.2278 Tw (garlands, and bore it home triumphantly. /Length 27 0 R /Type /Page 0000031113 00000 n They) Tj T* -0.0394 Tc 0.1594 Tw (returned to it no more. O, Edith, this is our golden time! The journal's focus also broadens beyond the region to treat the migration of New England ideas, people, and institutions to other parts of the United States and the world. Many of this strange company wore foolscaps, and had little) Tj T* -0.1054 Tc 0.2254 Tw (bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound,) Tj T* -0.1037 Tc 0.2237 Tw (responsive to the inaudible music of their gleesome spirits. MAYPOLE AT MERRY MOUNT MICHAEL ZUCKERMAN ON the face of it, the tale of the Maypole at Merry Mount seems almost too trivial to take seriously. Were the) Tj T* -0.0428 Tc 0.1628 Tw (means at hand, I would resist to the death. 0000030979 00000 n This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. But as their flowery garland was wreathed of) Tj T* -0.0223 Tc 0.1423 Tw (the brightest roses that had grown there, so, in the tie that united) Tj T* -0.0838 Tc 0.2038 Tw (them, were intertwined all the purest and best of their early joys.) Some) Tj T* -0.1009 Tc 0.2209 Tw (youths and maidens were of soberer garb, yet well maintained their) Tj T* -0.11 Tc 0.23 Tw (places in the irregular throng by the expression of wild revelry) Tj T* -0.0448 Tc 0.1648 Tw (upon their features. Bright were the days at Merry Mount when the Maypole was the banner-staff of that gay colony. Such were the colonists of Merry Mount as they stood in the broad smile of sunset round their mayole Maypole. 18 0 obj Published By: The New England Quarterly, Inc. Read Online (Free) relies on page scans, which are not currently available to screen readers. /Type /Page ANALYSIS “The Maypole of Merry Mount” (1836) Nathaniel “The Maypole of Merry Mount” (1836) Nathaniel Hawthorne. Tj 0 -42.48 TD 0.042 Tc 0.078 Tw ( THE END) Tj ET endstream Tj T* -0.0819 Tc 0.2019 Tw (The Puritans had played a characteristic part in the Maypole) Tj T* -0.1186 Tc 0.2386 Tw (mummeries. It was the Puritan of Puritans; it was Endicott himself!) /Root 3 0 R It tells the story of the colony of Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount, a 17th-century British colony located in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. "Therefore do I sigh amid) Tj T* -0.0833 Tc 0.2033 Tw (this festive music. There) Tj T* -0.0701 Tc 0.1901 Tw (were the silken colonists, sporting round their Maypole; perhaps) Tj T* -0.057 Tc 0.177 Tw (teaching a bear to dance, or striving to communicate their mirth to) Tj T* -0.0908 Tc 0.2108 Tw (the grave Indian; or masquerading in the skins of deer and wolves,) Tj T* -0.0672 Tc 0.1872 Tw (which they had hunted for that especial purpose. By) Tj T* -0.0973 Tc 0.2173 Tw (the riot of his rolling eye, and the pagan decorations of his holy) Tj T* -0.0651 Tc 0.1851 Tw (garb, he seemed the wildest monster there, and the very Comus of the) Tj ET endstream /ProcSet 2 0 R >> However, because Hawthorne argues that all human beings are inherently flawed, the Merry Mount community—while resembling the paradise of Eden—is not without its own flaws. /Kids [4 0 R 9 0 R 12 0 R 15 0 R 18 0 R 21 0 R ] At Thomas Morton's trading post there were seven. (1804-1864) “The Maypole of Merry Mount” is an allegory of maturation, personal and national. Versions of The Maypole of Merry Mount by Nathaniel Hawthorne. endobj endobj What is the mystery in my heart?") /Creator (Microsoft Word ) /F0 6 0 R No fantastic foolery could look him in) Tj T* -0.0528 Tc 0.1728 Tw (the face. By his side, a noble figure, but still a) Tj T* -0.0675 Tc 0.1875 Tw (counterfeit, appeared an Indian hunter, with feathery crest and wampum) Tj T* -0.0879 Tc 0.2079 Tw (belt. In the slight sketch here attempted, the facts,) Tj T* -0.0439 Tc 0.1639 Tw (recorded on the grave pages of our New England annalists, have wrought) Tj T* -0.0729 Tc 0.1929 Tw (themselves, almost spontaneously, into a sort of allegory. followers chop down the May-Pole and have its votaries whipped and placed in the stocks. Mr. Blackstone, though an eccentric, is not) Tj T* -0.1029 Tc 0.2229 Tw (known to have been an immoral man. endobj From its top streamed a silken) Tj T* -0.0545 Tc 0.1745 Tw (banner, colored like the rainbow. Young Goodman Brown and Other Hawthorne Short Stories study guide The settlers of Merry Mount particularly venerated the Maypole. This is a paper that was published in the Nathaniel Hawthorne Review 33:1 (Spring 2011): 41-71. The Maypole of Merry Mount THOMAS MORTON & THE PURITAN PATRIARCHS The devil would never cease to dis turb our peace, and to raise up instru ments, one after another, john winthrop, Journal, December 1638 TN may 1968 Robert Lowell's play Endecott and the Red Cross ** opened at the American Place Theatre in New York. endobj But a band of Puritans, who watched) Tj T* -0.0911 Tc 0.2111 Tw (the scene, invisible themselves, compared the masques to those) Tj T* -0.0952 Tc 0.2152 Tw (devils and ruined souls with whom their superstition peopled the black) Tj T* -0.1167 Tc 0 Tw (wilderness.) Through a world of toil and care she flitted with a) Tj T* -0.1301 Tc 0.2501 Tw (dreamlike smile, and came hither to find a home among the lightsome) Tj T* -0.0234 Tc 0.1434 Tw (hearts of Merry Mount.) BT 90 708.72 TD 0 0 0 rg /F0 12 Tf 0 Tc 0.12 Tw ( 1836) Tj 0 -14.16 TD -0.0128 Tc 0.1328 Tw ( TWICE-TOLD TALES) Tj 0 -28.32 TD -0.0311 Tc 0.1511 Tw ( THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT) Tj 0 -42.48 TD -0.1026 Tc 0.2226 Tw ( by Nathaniel Hawthorne) Tj T* -0.0263 Tc 0 Tw (THE_MAYPOLE_OF_MERRY_MOUNT) Tj 0 -28.32 TD -0.0382 Tc 0.1582 Tw ( BRIGHT WERE THE DAYS at Merry Mount, when the Maypole was the) Tj 0 -14.16 TD -0.0824 Tc 0.2024 Tw (banner staff of that gay colony! The Maypole of Merry Mount was first published in 1832 in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1832. /Font << Cultural Council. << << Of all Hawthorne's tales, this one is the most comprehensive expression of his vision. [ /PDF /Text ] Bright were the days at Merry Mount when the Maypole was the banner-staff of that gay colony. This page was last edited on 31 January 2020, at 17:06. Tj T* -0.0585 Tc 0.1785 Tw ( "There," cried Endicott, looking triumphantly on his work, "there) Tj T* -0.1113 Tc 0.2313 Tw (lies the only Maypole in New England! /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] Tj T* -0.111 Tc 0.231 Tw ( "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple,") Tj T* -0.072 Tc 0.192 Tw (observed Endicott. 7 0 obj Reprinted in Eyewitness to America. 0000039090 00000 n endobj Endicott and his followers chop down the May-Pole and have its votaries whipped and placed in the stocks. Tj T* -0.0515 Tc 0.1715 Tw ( "Not so," replied the immitigable zealot. /ProcSet 2 0 R Read your article online and download the PDF from your email or your account. endobj Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Tj T* -0.096 Tc 0.216 Tw ( Immediately a prelude of pipe, cithern, and viol, touched with) Tj T* -0.1107 Tc 0.2307 Tw (practised minstrelsy, began to play from a neighboring thicket, in) Tj T* -0.0693 Tc 0.1893 Tw (such a mirthful cadence that the boughs of the Maypole quivered to the) Tj T* -0.0549 Tc 0.1749 Tw (sound. A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place. 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Tj T* -0.0556 Tc 0.1756 Tw ( And Endicott, the severest Puritan of all who laid the rock) Tj T* -0.0722 Tc 0.1922 Tw (foundation of New England, lifted the wreath of roses from the ruin of) Tj T* -0.0578 Tc 0.1778 Tw (the Maypole, and threw it, with his own gauntleted hand, over the) Tj T* -0.0557 Tc 0.1757 Tw (heads of the Lord and Lady of the May. Tj T* -0.0658 Tc 0.1858 Tw ( Within the ring of monsters appeared the two airiest forms that had) Tj T* -0.0637 Tc 0.1837 Tw (ever trodden on any more solid footing than a purple and golden cloud.) << >> "I know thee, Blackstone! << THE MAYPOLE OF MOUNT. But be) Tj T* -0.0589 Tc 0.1789 Tw (this your merriest hour, my hearts! Please visit http://www.mitpressjournals.org/neq for information 0000003823 00000 n >> /Parent 5 0 R the maypole of merry mount. Merry England, and the wilder glee of this fresh forest; and then a dance, to show the youthful pair what life is made of, and how airily they should go through it! /Subject () 9 0 obj /Type /Page >> For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions upon the Merry Mount gathering, just after the marriage had taken place. 5 0 obj Starting with Volume 80 (2007), The New England Quarterly has been published It groaned with a dismal sound; it) Tj T* -0.0663 Tc 0.1863 Tw (showered leaves and rosebuds upon the remorseless enthusiast; and) Tj T* -0.1527 Tc 0.2727 Tw (finally, with all its green boughs and ribbons and flowers, symbolic) Tj T* -0.072 Tc 0.192 Tw (of departed pleasures, down fell the banner staff of Merry Mount. << /Kids [24 0 R 28 0 R 31 0 R ] The) Tj T* -0.097 Tc 0.217 Tw (masques, mummeries, and festive customs, described in the text, are in) Tj T* -0.0539 Tc 0.1739 Tw (accordance with the manners of the age. << /Font << << 3978 0000039910 00000 n Tj T* -0.0491 Tc 0.1691 Tw ( But the votaries of the Maypole gave one groan for their idol. 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There they stood,) Tj T* -0.1034 Tc 0.2234 Tw (in the first hour of wedlock, while the idle pleasures, of which their) Tj T* -0.078 Tc 0.198 Tw (companions were the emblems, had given place to the sternest cares) Tj T* -0.0935 Tc 0.2135 Tw (of life, personified by the dark Puritans. In the slight sketch here attempted the facts recorded on the grave pages of our New England annalists have wrought themselves almost spontaneously into a sort of allegory. But the script can be shaded in various ways. /Length 14 0 R << 28 0 obj This is a paper that was published in the Nathaniel Hawthorne Review 33:1 (Spring 2011): 41-71. endobj /Resources << Tj T* -0.0757 Tc 0.1957 Tw ( And with his keen sword Endicott assaulted the hallowed Maypole.) Historical Background of "The Maypole of Merry Mount" "The Maypole of Merry Mount" is a work of historical and allegorical fiction that takes place in early New England. endobj It first appeared in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1836. All ye that love the Maypole, lend) Tj T* -0.0651 Tc 0.1851 Tw (your voices to the nuptial song of the Lord and Lady of the May!") We rather doubt his identity with) Tj T* -0.0289 Tc 0.1489 Tw (the priest of Merry Mount.) From Wikisource. >> Author of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne's five most famous short stories are discussed here. /Parent 25 0 R stream endobj 0000039693 00000 n JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. Meanwhile, we may discover) Tj T* -0.0436 Tc 0.1636 Tw (who these gay people were.) endobj Tj T* -0.0591 Tc 0.1791 Tw ( Endicott rested on his sword, and closely surveyed the dress and) Tj T* -0.0351 Tc 0.1551 Tw (aspect of the hapless pair. /Name /F0 1n 12 This was undoubtedly suggested by a … /Parent 25 0 R The Rev. endobj 6 0 obj >> Select the purchase Tj T* -0.097 Tc 0.217 Tw ( Just then, as if a spell had loosened them, down came a little) Tj T* -0.0817 Tc 0.2017 Tw (shower of withering rose leaves from the Maypole. >> /Type /Page 0000012914 00000 n /Type /Page 21 0 obj 10 0 obj Let him look to himself! (1804-1864) “The Maypole of Merry Mount” is an allegory of maturation, personal and national. The) Tj T* -0.0888 Tc 0.2088 Tw (men of whom we speak, after losing the heart's fresh gayety,) Tj T* -0.0945 Tc 0.2145 Tw (imagined a wild philosophy of pleasure, and came hither to act out) Tj T* -0.0883 Tc 0.2083 Tw (their latest day-dream. And first, for this flower-decked abomination,) Tj T* -0.0725 Tc 0.1925 Tw (the altar of thy worship!") In this first person piece, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the line “jollity and gloom were contending for an empire” to show that this is an allegorical piece. Summary: “The Maypole of Merry Mount” The story begins with the collection of Merry Mounters celebrating a wedding between Edith and Edgar on Midsummer Eve. /CreationDate (Monday, March 09, 1998 11:55:59 AM) Unfortunately their way of living was disturbed by the increase of Puritanism (a person who is strict in moral or religious matters) Maypole, a well-respected place to the people of Merry Mount. HAWTHORNE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT PDF. >> trailer >> /ProcSet 2 0 R 22 0 obj JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, JPASS®, Artstor®, Reveal Digital™ and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. << Wikimedia Commons; Wikipedia; In other languages. At the very least of these enormities, the) Tj T* -0.0766 Tc 0.1966 Tw (men of iron shook their heads and frowned so darkly that the revellers) Tj ET endstream Shakespeare discreetly retired, but a host of other writers sang the praises of festivity. /Font << 30 0 obj Tj T* -0.0619 Tc 0.1819 Tw ( "True, good Ancient," said the leader. Tj T* -0.1071 Tc 0.2271 Tw ( "How many stripes for the priest?" His inferior nature rose half way, to meet) Tj T* -0.0903 Tc 0.2103 Tw (his companions as they stooped. 4 0 obj /Contents 13 0 R /Font << All ye that love the Maypole, lend your voices to the nuptial song of the Lord and Lady of the May!" /F0 6 0 R << /Length 30 0 R Tj T* -0.0722 Tc 0.1922 Tw ( This wedlock was more serious than most affairs of Merry Mount,) Tj T* -0.0765 Tc 0.1965 Tw (where jest and delusion, trick and fantasy, kept up a continual) Tj T* -0.0812 Tc 0.2012 Tw (carnival. 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LADY OF THE MAY (addressing the audience) Bright were the days at Merry Mount when the Maypole was the banner-staff of that gay colony. 0000030955 00000 n But what chiefly) Tj 0 -14.16 TD -0.0542 Tc 0.1742 Tw (characterized the colonists of Merry Mount was their veneration for) Tj T* -0.0531 Tc 0.1731 Tw (the Maypole. Tj T* -0.0826 Tc 0.2026 Tw ( "Here be a couple of shining ones," continued Peter Palfrey,) Tj T* -0.0752 Tc 0.1952 Tw (pointing his weapon at the Lord and Lady of the May. >> 0000013047 00000 n BT 90 708.72 TD 0 0 0 rg /F0 12 Tf -0.1078 Tc 0.2278 Tw (garlands, and bore it home triumphantly. /Length 27 0 R /Type /Page 0000031113 00000 n They) Tj T* -0.0394 Tc 0.1594 Tw (returned to it no more. O, Edith, this is our golden time! The journal's focus also broadens beyond the region to treat the migration of New England ideas, people, and institutions to other parts of the United States and the world. Many of this strange company wore foolscaps, and had little) Tj T* -0.1054 Tc 0.2254 Tw (bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound,) Tj T* -0.1037 Tc 0.2237 Tw (responsive to the inaudible music of their gleesome spirits. MAYPOLE AT MERRY MOUNT MICHAEL ZUCKERMAN ON the face of it, the tale of the Maypole at Merry Mount seems almost too trivial to take seriously. Were the) Tj T* -0.0428 Tc 0.1628 Tw (means at hand, I would resist to the death. 0000030979 00000 n This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. But as their flowery garland was wreathed of) Tj T* -0.0223 Tc 0.1423 Tw (the brightest roses that had grown there, so, in the tie that united) Tj T* -0.0838 Tc 0.2038 Tw (them, were intertwined all the purest and best of their early joys.) Some) Tj T* -0.1009 Tc 0.2209 Tw (youths and maidens were of soberer garb, yet well maintained their) Tj T* -0.11 Tc 0.23 Tw (places in the irregular throng by the expression of wild revelry) Tj T* -0.0448 Tc 0.1648 Tw (upon their features. Bright were the days at Merry Mount when the Maypole was the banner-staff of that gay colony. Such were the colonists of Merry Mount as they stood in the broad smile of sunset round their mayole Maypole. 18 0 obj Published By: The New England Quarterly, Inc. Read Online (Free) relies on page scans, which are not currently available to screen readers. /Type /Page ANALYSIS “The Maypole of Merry Mount” (1836) Nathaniel “The Maypole of Merry Mount” (1836) Nathaniel Hawthorne. Tj 0 -42.48 TD 0.042 Tc 0.078 Tw ( THE END) Tj ET endstream Tj T* -0.0819 Tc 0.2019 Tw (The Puritans had played a characteristic part in the Maypole) Tj T* -0.1186 Tc 0.2386 Tw (mummeries. It was the Puritan of Puritans; it was Endicott himself!) /Root 3 0 R It tells the story of the colony of Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount, a 17th-century British colony located in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. "Therefore do I sigh amid) Tj T* -0.0833 Tc 0.2033 Tw (this festive music. There) Tj T* -0.0701 Tc 0.1901 Tw (were the silken colonists, sporting round their Maypole; perhaps) Tj T* -0.057 Tc 0.177 Tw (teaching a bear to dance, or striving to communicate their mirth to) Tj T* -0.0908 Tc 0.2108 Tw (the grave Indian; or masquerading in the skins of deer and wolves,) Tj T* -0.0672 Tc 0.1872 Tw (which they had hunted for that especial purpose. By) Tj T* -0.0973 Tc 0.2173 Tw (the riot of his rolling eye, and the pagan decorations of his holy) Tj T* -0.0651 Tc 0.1851 Tw (garb, he seemed the wildest monster there, and the very Comus of the) Tj ET endstream /ProcSet 2 0 R >> However, because Hawthorne argues that all human beings are inherently flawed, the Merry Mount community—while resembling the paradise of Eden—is not without its own flaws. /Kids [4 0 R 9 0 R 12 0 R 15 0 R 18 0 R 21 0 R ] At Thomas Morton's trading post there were seven. (1804-1864) “The Maypole of Merry Mount” is an allegory of maturation, personal and national. Versions of The Maypole of Merry Mount by Nathaniel Hawthorne. endobj endobj What is the mystery in my heart?") /Creator (Microsoft Word ) /F0 6 0 R No fantastic foolery could look him in) Tj T* -0.0528 Tc 0.1728 Tw (the face. 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The Maypole of Merry Mount THOMAS MORTON & THE PURITAN PATRIARCHS The devil would never cease to dis turb our peace, and to raise up instru ments, one after another, john winthrop, Journal, December 1638 TN may 1968 Robert Lowell's play Endecott and the Red Cross ** opened at the American Place Theatre in New York. endobj But a band of Puritans, who watched) Tj T* -0.0911 Tc 0.2111 Tw (the scene, invisible themselves, compared the masques to those) Tj T* -0.0952 Tc 0.2152 Tw (devils and ruined souls with whom their superstition peopled the black) Tj T* -0.1167 Tc 0 Tw (wilderness.) Through a world of toil and care she flitted with a) Tj T* -0.1301 Tc 0.2501 Tw (dreamlike smile, and came hither to find a home among the lightsome) Tj T* -0.0234 Tc 0.1434 Tw (hearts of Merry Mount.) BT 90 708.72 TD 0 0 0 rg /F0 12 Tf 0 Tc 0.12 Tw ( 1836) Tj 0 -14.16 TD -0.0128 Tc 0.1328 Tw ( TWICE-TOLD TALES) Tj 0 -28.32 TD -0.0311 Tc 0.1511 Tw ( THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT) Tj 0 -42.48 TD -0.1026 Tc 0.2226 Tw ( by Nathaniel Hawthorne) Tj T* -0.0263 Tc 0 Tw (THE_MAYPOLE_OF_MERRY_MOUNT) Tj 0 -28.32 TD -0.0382 Tc 0.1582 Tw ( BRIGHT WERE THE DAYS at Merry Mount, when the Maypole was the) Tj 0 -14.16 TD -0.0824 Tc 0.2024 Tw (banner staff of that gay colony! The Maypole of Merry Mount was first published in 1832 in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1832. /Font << Cultural Council. << << Of all Hawthorne's tales, this one is the most comprehensive expression of his vision. [ /PDF /Text ] Bright were the days at Merry Mount when the Maypole was the banner-staff of that gay colony. This page was last edited on 31 January 2020, at 17:06. Tj T* -0.0585 Tc 0.1785 Tw ( "There," cried Endicott, looking triumphantly on his work, "there) Tj T* -0.1113 Tc 0.2313 Tw (lies the only Maypole in New England! /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] Tj T* -0.111 Tc 0.231 Tw ( "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple,") Tj T* -0.072 Tc 0.192 Tw (observed Endicott. 7 0 obj Reprinted in Eyewitness to America. 0000039090 00000 n endobj Endicott and his followers chop down the May-Pole and have its votaries whipped and placed in the stocks. Tj T* -0.0515 Tc 0.1715 Tw ( "Not so," replied the immitigable zealot. /ProcSet 2 0 R Read your article online and download the PDF from your email or your account. endobj Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Tj T* -0.096 Tc 0.216 Tw ( Immediately a prelude of pipe, cithern, and viol, touched with) Tj T* -0.1107 Tc 0.2307 Tw (practised minstrelsy, began to play from a neighboring thicket, in) Tj T* -0.0693 Tc 0.1893 Tw (such a mirthful cadence that the boughs of the Maypole quivered to the) Tj T* -0.0549 Tc 0.1749 Tw (sound. A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place. Tj T* -0.0577 Tc 0.1777 Tw (Nor think ye, young ones, that they are the happiest, even in our) Tj T* -0.129 Tc 0.249 Tw (lifetime of a moment, who mis-spend it in dancing round a Maypole!") ©2000-2021 ITHAKA. /BaseFont /TimesNewRoman Other faces wore the similitude of man) Tj T* -0.0177 Tc 0.1377 Tw (or woman, but distorted or extravagant, with red noses pendulous) Tj T* -0.0755 Tc 0.1955 Tw (before their mouths, which seemed of awful depth, and stretched from) Tj T* -0.0734 Tc 0.1934 Tw (ear to ear in an eternal fit of laughter. /Count 6 >> BT 90 708.72 TD 0 0 0 rg /F0 12 Tf -0.0534 Tc 0.1734 Tw (their present trials ere we burden them with greater. 0000039593 00000 n sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. Tj T* -0.0556 Tc 0.1756 Tw ( And Endicott, the severest Puritan of all who laid the rock) Tj T* -0.0722 Tc 0.1922 Tw (foundation of New England, lifted the wreath of roses from the ruin of) Tj T* -0.0578 Tc 0.1778 Tw (the Maypole, and threw it, with his own gauntleted hand, over the) Tj T* -0.0557 Tc 0.1757 Tw (heads of the Lord and Lady of the May. Tj T* -0.0658 Tc 0.1858 Tw ( Within the ring of monsters appeared the two airiest forms that had) Tj T* -0.0637 Tc 0.1837 Tw (ever trodden on any more solid footing than a purple and golden cloud.) << >> "I know thee, Blackstone! << THE MAYPOLE OF MOUNT. But be) Tj T* -0.0589 Tc 0.1789 Tw (this your merriest hour, my hearts! Please visit http://www.mitpressjournals.org/neq for information 0000003823 00000 n >> /Parent 5 0 R the maypole of merry mount. Merry England, and the wilder glee of this fresh forest; and then a dance, to show the youthful pair what life is made of, and how airily they should go through it! /Subject () 9 0 obj /Type /Page >> For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions upon the Merry Mount gathering, just after the marriage had taken place. 5 0 obj Starting with Volume 80 (2007), The New England Quarterly has been published It groaned with a dismal sound; it) Tj T* -0.0663 Tc 0.1863 Tw (showered leaves and rosebuds upon the remorseless enthusiast; and) Tj T* -0.1527 Tc 0.2727 Tw (finally, with all its green boughs and ribbons and flowers, symbolic) Tj T* -0.072 Tc 0.192 Tw (of departed pleasures, down fell the banner staff of Merry Mount. << /Kids [24 0 R 28 0 R 31 0 R ] The) Tj T* -0.097 Tc 0.217 Tw (masques, mummeries, and festive customs, described in the text, are in) Tj T* -0.0539 Tc 0.1739 Tw (accordance with the manners of the age. << /Font << << 3978 0000039910 00000 n Tj T* -0.0491 Tc 0.1691 Tw ( But the votaries of the Maypole gave one groan for their idol. 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Tj T* -0.1252 Tc 0.2452 Tw (Even that dim light is now withdrawn, relinquishing the whole domain) Tj T* -0.0686 Tc 0.1886 Tw (of Merry Mount to the evening gloom, which has rushed so) Tj T* -0.0646 Tc 0.1846 Tw (instantaneously from the black surrounding woods. /Length 17 0 R 4400 0000017532 00000 n The youth, in the) Tj T* -0.0922 Tc 0.2122 Tw (peril of the moment, had dropped his gilded staff, and thrown his) Tj T* -0.0589 Tc 0.1789 Tw (arm about the Lady of the May, who leaned against his breast, too) Tj T* -0.0739 Tc 0.1939 Tw (lightly to burden him, but with weight enough to express that their) Tj T* -0.0547 Tc 0.1747 Tw (destinies were linked together, for good or evil. Tj T* -0.0944 Tc 0.2144 Tw ( A party of these grim Puritans, toiling through the difficult) Tj T* -0.0296 Tc 0.1496 Tw (woods, each with a horseload of iron armor to burden his footsteps,) Tj T* -0.0674 Tc 0.1874 Tw (would sometimes draw near the sunny precincts of Merry Mount. There they stood,) Tj T* -0.1034 Tc 0.2234 Tw (in the first hour of wedlock, while the idle pleasures, of which their) Tj T* -0.078 Tc 0.198 Tw (companions were the emblems, had given place to the sternest cares) Tj T* -0.0935 Tc 0.2135 Tw (of life, personified by the dark Puritans. In the slight sketch here attempted the facts recorded on the grave pages of our New England annalists have wrought themselves almost spontaneously into a sort of allegory. But the script can be shaded in various ways. /Length 14 0 R << 28 0 obj This is a paper that was published in the Nathaniel Hawthorne Review 33:1 (Spring 2011): 41-71. endobj /Resources << Tj T* -0.0757 Tc 0.1957 Tw ( And with his keen sword Endicott assaulted the hallowed Maypole.) Historical Background of "The Maypole of Merry Mount" "The Maypole of Merry Mount" is a work of historical and allegorical fiction that takes place in early New England. endobj It first appeared in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1836. All ye that love the Maypole, lend) Tj T* -0.0651 Tc 0.1851 Tw (your voices to the nuptial song of the Lord and Lady of the May!") We rather doubt his identity with) Tj T* -0.0289 Tc 0.1489 Tw (the priest of Merry Mount.) From Wikisource. >> Author of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne's five most famous short stories are discussed here. /Parent 25 0 R stream endobj 0000039693 00000 n JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. Meanwhile, we may discover) Tj T* -0.0436 Tc 0.1636 Tw (who these gay people were.) endobj Tj T* -0.0591 Tc 0.1791 Tw ( Endicott rested on his sword, and closely surveyed the dress and) Tj T* -0.0351 Tc 0.1551 Tw (aspect of the hapless pair. /Name /F0 1n 12 This was undoubtedly suggested by a … /Parent 25 0 R The Rev. endobj 6 0 obj >> Select the purchase Tj T* -0.097 Tc 0.217 Tw ( Just then, as if a spell had loosened them, down came a little) Tj T* -0.0817 Tc 0.2017 Tw (shower of withering rose leaves from the Maypole. >> /Type /Page 0000012914 00000 n /Type /Page 21 0 obj 10 0 obj Let him look to himself! (1804-1864) “The Maypole of Merry Mount” is an allegory of maturation, personal and national. The) Tj T* -0.0888 Tc 0.2088 Tw (men of whom we speak, after losing the heart's fresh gayety,) Tj T* -0.0945 Tc 0.2145 Tw (imagined a wild philosophy of pleasure, and came hither to act out) Tj T* -0.0883 Tc 0.2083 Tw (their latest day-dream. And first, for this flower-decked abomination,) Tj T* -0.0725 Tc 0.1925 Tw (the altar of thy worship!") In this first person piece, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the line “jollity and gloom were contending for an empire” to show that this is an allegorical piece. Summary: “The Maypole of Merry Mount” The story begins with the collection of Merry Mounters celebrating a wedding between Edith and Edgar on Midsummer Eve. /CreationDate (Monday, March 09, 1998 11:55:59 AM) Unfortunately their way of living was disturbed by the increase of Puritanism (a person who is strict in moral or religious matters) Maypole, a well-respected place to the people of Merry Mount. HAWTHORNE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT PDF. >> trailer >> /ProcSet 2 0 R 22 0 obj JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, JPASS®, Artstor®, Reveal Digital™ and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. << Wikimedia Commons; Wikipedia; In other languages. At the very least of these enormities, the) Tj T* -0.0766 Tc 0.1966 Tw (men of iron shook their heads and frowned so darkly that the revellers) Tj ET endstream Shakespeare discreetly retired, but a host of other writers sang the praises of festivity. /Font << 30 0 obj Tj T* -0.0619 Tc 0.1819 Tw ( "True, good Ancient," said the leader. Tj T* -0.1071 Tc 0.2271 Tw ( "How many stripes for the priest?" His inferior nature rose half way, to meet) Tj T* -0.0903 Tc 0.2103 Tw (his companions as they stooped. 4 0 obj /Contents 13 0 R /Font << All ye that love the Maypole, lend your voices to the nuptial song of the Lord and Lady of the May!" /F0 6 0 R << /Length 30 0 R Tj T* -0.0722 Tc 0.1922 Tw ( This wedlock was more serious than most affairs of Merry Mount,) Tj T* -0.0765 Tc 0.1965 Tw (where jest and delusion, trick and fantasy, kept up a continual) Tj T* -0.0812 Tc 0.2012 Tw (carnival. Tj T* -0.0828 Tc 0.2028 Tw (Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their) Tj T* -0.0621 Tc 0.1821 Tw (home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous) Tj T* -0.079 Tc 0.199 Tw (destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide. "We will see how they comport themselves under) Tj ET endstream << Published in 1997 "The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at new Plymouth." 0000035553 00000 n TIME The play takes place in the present, and the play-within-a-play in the 1600s. /Contents 19 0 R endobj Tj T* -0.0847 Tc 0.2047 Tw (Nor long did it resist his arm. stream 0000003954 00000 n /ProcSet 2 0 R << NEQ publishes essays covering any time period, from the presence of Native Americans through the present day, and any subject germane to New England's history, for example, the region's diverse cultural production and political philosophies, its race relations, labor struggles, religious controversies, and the organization of family life. 0000017508 00000 n BT 90 708.72 TD 0 0 0 rg /F0 12 Tf -0.0834 Tc 0.2034 Tw (looked up, imagining that a momentary cloud had overcast the sunshine,) Tj 0 -14.16 TD -0.0371 Tc 0.1571 Tw (which was to be perpetual there. 4422 Tj T* -0.0282 Tc 0.1482 Tw ( "But there are pine-trees enow," suggested the lieutenant.) With a personal account, you can read up to 100 articles each month for free. Jollity) Tj T* -0.0936 Tc 0.2136 Tw (and gloom were contending for an empire. stream 0000000021 00000 n Behind this lightsome couple, so close to the) Tj T* -0.0869 Tc 0.2069 Tw (Maypole that its boughs shaded his jovial face, stood the figure of an) Tj T* -0.1084 Tc 0.2284 Tw (English priest, canonically dressed, yet decked with flowers, in) Tj T* -0.1175 Tc 0.2375 Tw (heathen fashion, and wearing a chaplet of the native vine leaves. Tj T* -0.0987 Tc 0.2187 Tw ( "Edith, sweet Lady of the May," whispered he reproachfully, "is yon) Tj T* -0.0179 Tc 0.1379 Tw (wreath of roses a garland to hang above our graves, that you look so) Tj T* -0.1021 Tc 0.2221 Tw (sad? 31 0 obj 0000022143 00000 n The thought is strong within) Tj T* -0.1091 Tc 0.2291 Tw (me that, by its fall, is shadowed forth the fate of light and idle) Tj T* -0.0711 Tc 0.1911 Tw (mirth makers, amongst us and our posterity. 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