American authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe 'we don't know. No one knows if death is not for a man the greatest of all blessings, but men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils. Socrates, one of the Greek philosophers of the 400s BC, asks a reasonable question about the fear of death. Death affects people and characters very differently throughout life. In the world of literary works, two very well-known authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, present two works which both deal with the effects of this fear of death. In the next few pages we will see that there are many connections between the works of these two in the way their characters are affected by the fear of death, how this is shaped by the author's life and how their situations and fear of death affect the rest of their lives. Both Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe were American authors of the 1800s. Both were part of the Romantic movement, both works we are going to look at are considered part of the Dark Romanticism genre. The first work we are going to look at is “Young Goodman Brown” which Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in 1835 and the other is “The Fall of the House of Usher” which Edger Allen Poe wrote in 1839. The works depict the main character of a trip. They also share that the settings are dark or even that there is lingering evil in the time frame. Having a feeling of death or fear that something is wrong and that the place they are in could contain something very supernatural that could affect the characters in a life-changing way. A summary of “Young goo...... middle of paper. .....s Young Goodman Brown." Analytical Psychology 22.3 (1977): 250-257. Academic Research Completed. Web April 4, 2014. Rollason, Christopher. “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe and Jorge Luis Borges. , Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.'." Atlantis (0210-6124) 31.1 (2009): 9-22. Academic research completed. Web. April 4, 2014. Tritt, Michael. "'Young Goodman Brown' and the Psychology Of Projection." Studies In Short Fiction 23.1 (1986): 113. Academic research completed. Web. April 4, 2014. Zanger, Jules. "'Young Goodman Brown' and 'A White Heron': correspondences and illuminations." Articles in Language and Literature 26.3 (1990): 346. Academic research completed. Internet. April 4. 2014.

Essay / American authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe 'we don't know. No one knows if death is not for a man the greatest of all blessings, but men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils. Socrates, one of the Greek philosophers of the 400s BC, asks a reasonable question about the fear of death. Death affects people and characters very differently throughout life. In the world of literary works, two very well-known authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, present two works which both deal with the effects of this fear of death. In the next few pages we will see that there are many connections between the works of these two in the way their characters are affected by the fear of death, how this is shaped by the author's life and how their situations and fear of death affect the rest of their lives. Both Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe were American authors of the 1800s. Both were part of the Romantic movement, both works we are going to look at are considered part of the Dark Romanticism genre. The first work we are going to look at is “Young Goodman Brown” which Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in 1835 and the other is “The Fall of the House of Usher” which Edger Allen Poe wrote in 1839. The works depict the main character of a trip. They also share that the settings are dark or even that there is lingering evil in the time frame. Having a feeling of death or fear that something is wrong and that the place they are in could contain something very supernatural that could affect the characters in a life-changing way. A summary of “Young goo...... middle of paper. .....s Young Goodman Brown." Analytical Psychology 22.3 (1977): 250-257. Academic Research Completed. Web April 4, 2014. Rollason, Christopher. “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe and Jorge Luis Borges. , Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.'." Atlantis (0210-6124) 31.1 (2009): 9-22. Academic research completed. Web. April 4, 2014. Tritt, Michael. "'Young Goodman Brown' and the Psychology Of Projection." Studies In Short Fiction 23.1 (1986): 113. Academic research completed. Web. April 4, 2014. Zanger, Jules. "'Young Goodman Brown' and 'A White Heron': correspondences and illuminations." Articles in Language and Literature 26.3 (1990): 346. Academic research completed. Internet. April 4. 2014.

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