Compare and contrast two of the stories from the book

There were several authors who helped contribute to the greatness of American literature , but Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe made an impact all on their own - usually making use of how the conscience and subconscious manipulate one 's behavior . They have revolutionized the standards of typical storytelling that their works have set a template so remarkable that most modern only hope to imitate it (Southam and Crowley 432 ) This piece is to tackle the comparison and contrast of their prominent works - Edgar Allan Poe 's The Fall of the House of Usher

br and Nathaniel Hawthorne 's Rappaccini 's Daughter

The tale of The Fall of the House of Usher began with the narrator arriving in a gloomy castle to heed the call of his friend , Roderick Usher

Roderick Usher had a sister , Madeline , who was also sick . Together with the house 's innate strangeness , the narrator was to face bizarre phenomena . Roderick 's sister supposedly died and he was requested to help lay her body in the house 's vault . It turned out that Madeline was not really dead when she was taken to the vault . She was just in a death-like trance and was trapped alone and cold in the terrifying vault . She was apparently making efforts to free herself and was making unbearable sounds from inside the vaults . It drove Roderick so mad that he was forced to admit screaming that he knew Madeline was alive , and he intently trapped her inside the vault . When Madeline...