Structure and Theme in the House of the Seven Gables
Structure and Theme in the House of the Seven Gables

Summary/Abstract: The House of the Seven Gables has a most interesting pattern if we start and look into the meaning of the number seven, which is a mystic or sacred number; it is composed of four and three, considered to be lucky numbers. Examples of its use since memorial times can be given a lot: seven sacred planets among the Babylonians, Egyptians and other ancient peoples, there are seven days in creation, seven days in the week, seven virtues, seven ages in the life of man, The Seven Hills of Rome, The Seven Sciences, The Seven Seas, The Seven Senses, The Seven Gifts of the Spirit, or Holy Ghost, The Seven Wonders of the World, etc

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