Comparing Young Goodman Brown And The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Known for his stories revolving around sin, guilt, and witchcraft in Puritan New England, Hawthorne is celebrated for his ability to write about such topics in his short stories such as Young Goodman Brown and The Scarlet Letter. Similar to that of Edgar Allen Poe, Hawthorne focused on the dark aspect in romanticism. While both Hawthorne and Poe are talented in their own way, what distingues Hawthorne is his tendency to write with a psychological insight into Puritanism. His writing uniquely explores evil and sin while also incorporating imagination. Hawthorne evolved as an author who began the rejection of transcendentalism and the transparent optimism about the potentials of human nature. Instead, he began the movement that looked more truthfully