Compares writers Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorn as being vastly different writers. They Describes both as allegorical writers whose stories were giving a message to the reader, so in comparison there are in some context the same and only the way the write separates them.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of literary symbolism in four of his works: "My Kinsman," "Major Molineux," "Young Goodman Brown," and "The Maypole of Merry Mount." Symbols representing good and evil are especially common.

Nathanial Hawthrone, a writer of the dark romantic times, used light and dark images to support themes in his writings such as My Kinsman, Major Molineux, Ethan Brand, and Young Goodman Brown.

Argument of how Nathaniel Hawthorne's view of good and evil is evident in people.