A farther similarity between the two is in their use of light and dark imagery. The “House of Seven Gables abounds with this imagery; and, for Poe, “The Raven” and “The House of Usher” contain this imagery effectively, as well. While Poe demands that his stories produce a singleness of effect, Hawthorne’s stories do not always possess this tightness of composition. Fro example, Poe’s stories, told by the first-person narrator usually reach a single psychological effect; in contrast, Hawthorne’s stories such as “Rappacini’s Daughter and “Young Goodman Brown” end with some
