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The two authors Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne share much interest in both their stories. They both have examples of the dark side of human nature and the complexities of human psychology. Also some of the characters in their story get alienated, also some have distortions in their ego. They both have many examples of these in their stories. In Moby Dick, Melville used Captain Ahab to show the dark side of human nature. "I (Ahab) will wreak that hate upon him. (Moby) Talk not to me of blasphemy man; I'd strike the sun as if it insulted me."(Melville 237) This shows Ahab expressing his dark nature toward the white whale Moby. Now in The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses Chillingworth to show the dark side of human nature. "I shall see him (Dimmesdale) tremble. I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly and unawares. Sooner or later, he must needs be mine." (The Scarlet Letter, 52) Chillingworth indeed shows his evil by going after Dimmesdale like that. It is almost inhumane to have that kind of hate toward so
As the story progresses in Moby Dick Starbuck seems to get alienated from the rest of the crew and Ahab. "But I came here to hunt whales, not my commander's vengeance."(Melville, 237) At this point Starbuck is the only one who feels this way. The rest of the crew wants to get Moby Dick and doesn't really care about getting rich. The crew gets obsessed with Moby as much as the captain. During Dimmesdale's vigil on the scaffold he alienates Chillingworth and begins to hate him also. "Who is he? Who is he? Canst thou do nothing for me? I have a nameless horror of the man. (The Scarlet Letter, 107) He alienates Chillingworth by saying he doesn't know him anymore. Even though Chillingworth doesn't know of this Dimmesdale does succeed with alienating him. All these quotes from the stories strongly support that the two authors share the same interest. They both used the dark side of human nature and had complex human psychology. They also place within the characters ways of being alienated and had distortions in t
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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