What Are The Similarities Between Herman Melville And Nathaniel Hawthorne?

Many may believe that Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne do not have many things in common but they are wrong. They both are dark romanticism writers. Dark romanticism is subgenre of romanticism. It is reflecting the madness, irrational, and grotesque things in the world instead of all the good. In this essay, it will talk about more of the similarities Melville and Hawthorne have in common and also go more in detail about each author and their poetry.
Herman Melville was born August 1, 1819 in Manhattan, New York and later passed on September 28, 1891 in New York City. His mother and father was not very financially stable. After his father had past, he had began to work several jobs trying to make ends meet and to support his family. He had worked on many different large boats and it was not until Herman began as a crew member on large boats that he was
He was born on July 4th, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts and passed away on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Hawthorne was a Puritan and became an important person of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and had many political roles on the colony. Hawthorne attended college at Bowdoin College from 1821 to 1825. He also wrote many short stories. Although, he is best known for writing “The Scarlet Letter”. He is also one of the most studied writers because of his use of allegory and symbolism.
Hawthorne poem, “ Oh could I raise the darken'd veil”, is also seen as dark romanticism. The poem is a twelve line poem and the theme of the poem is that the future was never meant to be seen beforehand, which is why it is called the future. Hawthorne never wanted to see the future because it may be so horrible and cause him not to want to live any longer. He even stated that if he had got the chance to lift the veil in order to see the future he would not take the opportunity. This poem shows dark romanticism because it represents the madness of the