Like Melville and other Romantic authors of his day, Nathaniel Hawthorne centered his literary works around imaginative, emotional, and even horror-inducing themes with the intent to promote classic Romantic philosophies. Hawthorne’s work differentiates itself from that of his peers with the blending of highly Puritanical devices. Unlike other Romantic authors that believed man’s individuality and intuition made him intrinsically good until becoming warped at the societal level, Hawthorne preaches man’s innate disposition towards sin and his tendency to destroy that which is good and pure through this inborn evil. Much of Hawthorne’s work explores the deep psychological implications of mortal sin,
