Beginning of Essay
The story begins as Nathaniel Hawthorne lays down the setting and describes the house of the seven-gables and the story of its creation. The house is old and overrun by moss weeds and bushes, but the greatest aspect is the gigantic tree in the front of the house ....

Middle of Essay
.... for killing his uncle and is sent to prison for 30 years. The only Pyncheon left living in the house is Hepzibah, who is forced to put aside her pride and open a 1-cent shop on the first floor. The 1-cent shop in itself is a symbol if irony due to the fact that Hepzibah was once rich and now, though she is living in a mansion, she sells penny goods on the bottom floor. Townspeople come in usually just to see her work and to mock her but a few townspeople come to buy goods. The old house has only a few inhabitants left. There is Hepzibah Pyncheon, who can live there as long as she wants, Mr. Holograve, who is a hypnotist that rents the upst ....