The Hollow of the Three Hills
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All Themes Guilt and Shame Women and Social Expectation The Triumph of Evil
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The Hollow of the Three Hills

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  • Guilt and Shame Theme Icon
    Guilt and Shame
  • Women and Social Expectation Theme Icon
    Women and Social Expectation
  • The Triumph of Evil Theme Icon
    The Triumph of Evil
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  • The Young Woman
  • The Old Crone
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  • The Three Hills Symbol Icon
    The Three Hills
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The three hills to symbolise the young woman’s inescapable guilt. Each of the individual hills represents one of the old crone’s visions and, by extension, one of the ways in which the young…

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