This thesis is the study of omniscient point of view in some of Hawtnorne's short stories. Such topic about the omniscient point of view is rarely analyzed,
therefore the writer is interested in doing her thesis on this topic. She hopes that this thesis will be useful to the further study on amniscient point of view.
Through the narrator's descriptions of the main characters in the short stories and also through the conflicts and attitudes of the characters, the characters'
weaknesses are found out. The characters cannot get rid of their weaknesses no matter how hard they try. So the using of the omniscient point of view in the short stories is very effective as through this point of fiew, the narator can show the weaknesses of the characters.
the characters.