A Sense of Fear and Death: a Contrast and Comparison Between the Masque of the Red Death and Young Goodman Brown
The Masque of the Red Death and Young Goodman Brown are both good stories that paint vivid images. Throughout these stories, both Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne evoke a sense of fear and death. Edgar Allan Poe tells us a story of a prince who believed he could save himself and his nobles by keeping them inside of his castle. However, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells us a story of a man who takes a "journey" with his conscience. Both authors use characterization, symbolism, imagery and allusions to portray fear and death.
The Masque of the Red Death opens up with fear and death. "Blood was its Avatar and its seal" (1); an avatar is a graphical image that represents a person. Here Edgar Allan Poe uses characterization to give us an idea of how horrible the Red Death is. This quote gives the Red Death life and death having life speaks LOUDLY for itself. In comparison, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses characterization gives the belief. faith, life in which Goodman Brown 's wife was faiths avatar. However Hawthorne uses characterization as symbols to evoke fear.
When Hawthorne describes Faith he mentions pink ribbons. A child wears ribbons and children, in most cases, are the representatives of innocence which is what these ribbons symbolize. "But something fluttered lightly down the air and caught the branch of a tree. The young man seized it, and beheld a pink ribbon. “‘My Faith is gone! ' cried he…" (5). Fear is the unpleasant feeling aroused by the threat of danger, evil or pain. In this quote it is clear that Young Goodman Brown is threatened by pain as well as evil. As Young Goodman Brown continues, "There is no good on earth and sin is but a name. Come, devil, for thee is this world given." There is a great significance of Faith 's ribbons being found without her. This meant that his wife Faith, along with his faith is gone and it pained him. Faith is what is keeping Goodman Brown sane, assured, and secure in the forest. The forest is also another symbol Hawthorne
The Masque of the Red Death opens up with fear and death. "Blood was its Avatar and its seal" (1); an avatar is a graphical image that represents a person. Here Edgar Allan Poe uses characterization to give us an idea of how horrible the Red Death is. This quote gives the Red Death life and death having life speaks LOUDLY for itself. In comparison, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses characterization gives the belief. faith, life in which Goodman Brown 's wife was faiths avatar. However Hawthorne uses characterization as symbols to evoke fear.
When Hawthorne describes Faith he mentions pink ribbons. A child wears ribbons and children, in most cases, are the representatives of innocence which is what these ribbons symbolize. "But something fluttered lightly down the air and caught the branch of a tree. The young man seized it, and beheld a pink ribbon. “‘My Faith is gone! ' cried he…" (5). Fear is the unpleasant feeling aroused by the threat of danger, evil or pain. In this quote it is clear that Young Goodman Brown is threatened by pain as well as evil. As Young Goodman Brown continues, "There is no good on earth and sin is but a name. Come, devil, for thee is this world given." There is a great significance of Faith 's ribbons being found without her. This meant that his wife Faith, along with his faith is gone and it pained him. Faith is what is keeping Goodman Brown sane, assured, and secure in the forest. The forest is also another symbol Hawthorne
Cited: Poe, Edgar Allan The Masque of the Red Death. Hawthorne, Nathaniel Young Goodman Brown. Holman Christian Standard Bible American Bible Society. New York.