Similarities Between Hawthorne And Edgar Allan Poe

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” Edgar Allan Poe. Poe and Hawthorne were great American Writers of the 19th century, their works were made in dark romanticism era, and have outlined today’s stories. Both authors talk about internal conflicts between good and evil, the psychological effects of the mind when weighted with sin and guilt. or the twists an individual makes to get what he or she wants. Both authors are very similar in a way but at the same time very different than each other. Poe had a terrible life compared to Hawthorne also, the way they write their stories are very different than each other. Hawthorne made his stories more scientific …show more content…
Finally, both of the authors have similar romantic elements included in their work. First, in my opinion poe’s life was far worse than Hawthorne. Hawthorne did have some hardships on the way but not as unfortunate as poe’s. First, many people that Poe loved died throughout his lifetime of a very nasty disease, tuberculosis. His mother died when he was only three years old. After the incident he was taken in into the Allan family,once again the disease took away his beloved foster mother, a person that Poe really loved. When he went to college he was in debt because his foster father refused to help him and cut all ties with him. After many years of struggle and depression he finally found a place to live and be happy with his aunt and cousin. He married his cousin but with the luck of Poe tuberculosis came once more to take his wife. Poe was a poor man he barely had any money to support his family and to save his wife. Even though Poe was a great writer he had a terrible life. On the other hand Hawthorne had only his mother died, which was sad, but he had someone to