Judge Pyncheon Character Analysis

Many significant people have been revered for their services towards their community. Judge Pyncheon examples this belief, even though some select few are able to truly see the character within. Nathaniel Hawthorne reveals the character of Judge Pyncheon in his novel The House of The Seven Gables through his grammatical choices, syntax and diction, as well as the attentiveness to details to showcase the misleading facade that the Judge parades.
Through Hawthorne’s grammatical choices the audience learns the truth behind the actions the Judge has taken throughout his years in service, and these specific choices reveal the truth in the Judge’s deliberate facade. In one sentence the audience is hit with an abundant amount of information regarding

At the first run down, the story seems to portray this Judge Pyncheon as an angel to the people who adventures on doing great deeds to all and affecting everyone in a positive manner. However, the details that Hawthorne includes provide a quick-witted rebuttal to the fake facade that Judge Pyncheon portrays. After listing Judge Pyncheon’s deeds to society, Hawthorne states, “what room could possibly be found for darker traits, in a portrait made up of lineaments like these!” (34-36). Referring to the Judge as a portrait exemplifies the idea that the Judge is acting as something not real to please those around him. Hawthorne’s attentiveness to details is shown through syntactical choices. The choice of having the incorrect punctuation, an exclamation instead of question mark, This grammatical choice is seen on numerous occasions, such as when Hawthorne exclaims, “what room could possibly be found for darker traits, in a portrait made up of lineaments like these!” (34-36),” and “what is there so ponderous in evil, that a thumb’s bigness of it should outweigh the mass of things not evil, which were heaped into the other scale!” (50-52). These choices portray the heavy sarcasm that Hawthorne contains towards these rhetorical questions. The questions serve to place the Judge on a pedestal of greatness, so that even with these