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    Gordon Pym‚ and Hawthorne’s The House of Seven Gables. How all three authors utilize a "conversational" tone for the function of their work. In works by three of the most classically American authors of the nineteenth century‚ Melville‚ Poe‚ and Hawthorne‚ a trait that can be considered common to all three authors is pronounced clearly as a means to their narration. This trait is that of deploying a narrative laden with- and moreover led by –conversational phrasing and asides. The flow of passages

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    Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two great writers/poets with similar writing styles. The stories to compare to get a more dilated opinion are “Rappaccini’s Daughter” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. In these short stories Hawthorne and Poe use the theme‚ moral ambiguity. When the reader is reading these short stories‚ the reader or audience are often left confused and not understanding. An example‚ in “The Fall of the House of Usher” Poe claims “’ I dare not speak! We have

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    character’s feelings. By telling the story of the Tell Tale Heart in the first person‚ Poe allows his readers to see the build up of the main characters insanity with the use of language and crazy and rambling dialogue. On the other hand‚ Hawthorne’s use of the third person simply narrates the story and tells of Brown’s feelings rather than having the reader identify with Brown. In Young Goodman Brown‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the third person narrator to tell the tale of a young man who sets out on

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    Their Works: HawthornePoe‚ and Whitman Out of all the great authors and poets we have studied this semester I have chosen the three that I personally enjoyed reading the most; Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and Walt Whitman. These three Writers stand out above the rest for each has contributed substantially to bringing forth a newly earned respect for American Writers of Literature. Up until this point in time most literature had come from European writers. HawthornePoe and Whitman

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    Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Comparison Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne were two of America’s finest Romantic writers. These two writers have stood the test of time and are read as much today if not more than they were in their own time. The major reason that both author’s were as popular as they are is because of the fact that they delved into the human mind to create their psychological literature. Edgar Allan Poe’s life spanned from eighteen nine until nineteen forty-nine

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    originated in the late 18th century‚ emphasizing inspiration‚ subjectivity‚ and the primacy of the individual. Two authors who emerged during this period of time were Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ who‚ like most authors in this time period‚ were realizing the beauty and darkness of both human nature and natural scenery .Poe and Hawthorne’s works were primarily based on the topic of the human conscience and moral compass. In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall Of The House of Usher and The Raven and Nathaniel

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    Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson‚ Compare and Contrast Emily Elizabeth Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe are two of the biggest poets in American Literature from the 1800s. They had many things in common from their writings about death and sadness‚ because of their unfortunate losses in life‚ to the fact that they were both born in Massachusetts. They were also different in many ways. They were different in the way they looked at life and wrote about their experiences from it. While it is obvious

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    Bradford writing about puritans and the Mayflower Compact‚ all the way to Edgar Allan Poe writing fictional horror stories use the gothic writing of his time. Each writing has their own unique writing techniques that make their story different than another writer. A writer’s style could be connected to their ideology in many different ways. Some of the two better known authors of their time are Edgar Allan Poe who is famous for many poems and short stories‚ but one of his best works would be the

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    Compare and Contrast paper After reading a book and then watching the movie based on that book‚ generally people will say they feel disappointed because the movie lacks its heart and substance. Even though the movie The Scarlet Letter‚ directed by Roland Joffé‚ is based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ it offers different characters and plot than the novel. However‚ the book captivates people more. In both‚ the story takes place in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in seventeenth century. The Scarlet Letter

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    is that spirituality was more important than material possessions. Two very famous authors of this time were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Emerson was a transcendentalist and in his writings are many characteristics of this time period. Three of those characteristics are nature‚ the goodness of mankind‚ and individualism. Hawthorne‚ on the other hand was a non-transcendentalist. In his writings‚ the way he dealt with the same three characteristics shows why he is a non-transcendentalist

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