Comparing Poe And Moby Dick, By Nathaniel Hawthorne

When discussing romantic writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne, I believe, immediately comes to mind. Even though, Poe is not one of the authors that come to mind immediately, he cannot be forgotten as a romantic writer as well. People mainly think that Hawthorne and Poe are polar opposites but they are not so different. Yes, Hawthorne and Poe write differently and have different views they both write about the dark aspects of romanticism. When my sister was in high school her favorite subject was English, even though, she was not very good at it, she loved to write. Well when her English class got to the point of reading Poe and Hawthorne; my sister went against everybody’s expectations and fell in love with Poe and his writings. She loved the darkness

Whether or not these acquaintances were helpful to them in their careers, they both became authors to remember. Hawthorne had Moby Dick by Herman Melville dedicated to him and Poe had a friend help him publish a few writings in a paper. But both authors at first had no help. Poe published most of his beginning works himself at his own expense. Hawthorne had most of his published in newspaper articles. These authors did not have the easiest of times trying to publish anything they wrote because of the “vibe” it gave off. Both authors are so alike in so many ways and one of the ways they are different are their writing

Deciding on what to compare was the hardest part because there were so many options I could have compared almost everything. Poe and Hawthorne are the most similar authors I know. Honestly, I do not really understand why I picked them to compare and contrast but it seemed like a good idea when I started. Anyway, Poe and Hawthorne were both allegorical writers and that was the most comparable thing. They both had similar tragedy filled childhoods and hard lifetimes. Their writing careers did not start out great; they both had trouble getting published but eventually did or they would not be known today. I do not think that Literature could be taught without incorporating Hawthorne and Poe, it would just not be the same. Contrasting was on the harder side of the paper. There was really only one topic to contrast between Hawthorne and Poe. Their writing styles are really quite different; even though both authors liked to create stories inside their works everything else was completely different. Hawthorne liked to write stories depicting an individual’s mind and how outside influences can influence the way the individual thinks and what they believe. Poe on the other hand liked to write stories and poems depicting an individual’s mind too, but his was based on how the individual could keep pondering and eventually tear themselves up on the inside. Poe was a very wicked author. Overall, both authors