Compare and contrast the works of either Nathaniel Hawthorne or Edgar Allen Poe. Choose one text that was read for this course and compare it to one or two of their additional works that are included in the textbook.
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Compare “Young Goodman Brown” with “The Minister’s Black Veil,” The May-Pole of Merry Mount” or “The Birth Mark”
Edgar Allan Poe: Compare “The Black Cat” with “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “the Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Raven,” or “Anabell Lee”
Then, write an essay in which you compare and contrast the writing style and themes of the texts.
Use examples from their own writing that you read for this course and support from research to back up your points. Use appropriate literary, political, and cultural terminology in your writing.
For this assignment, you will discuss the text that was assigned for this course and one or two additional texts that are available in the Norton Anthology. Your thesis must address one of the given prompts and give the topic and point of the essay. See example below:
Example: In his works “Work 1” and “Work 2”, Author uses symbolism and imagery to express his theme