Nathaniel hawthorne’s interest in salem and the salem witch trials is based on his religious devotion to puritanism religious devotion to quakerism ancestral ties with the accused witches ancestral ties with the judge of the trial

A, Religious devotion to Puritanism

The correct answer is "ancestral ties with the judge of the trial".

Explanation:

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist who wrote extensively about Salem and the Salem witch trials. In addition to had been born in Salem, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Hathorne had interest in the Salem witch trials because of an ancestry connection. His great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne, was a judge during the trials. He felt ashamed of what his ancestor has done in the past, and as a result he changed his last name and added a letter "w" to Hathorne.

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