Short Stories and Poetry Compare and Contrast The fictional short stories, I choose to compare and contrast are Nathaniel Hawthorne "Young Goodman Brown" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily". The style of both short stories are allegories. There are major allegorical references that take form in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”. The main allegorical example for me was “Well, she’s a blessed angel on earth: and after this one night I’ll cling to her skirt and follow her to heaven.” (Hawthorne) This example establishes Faiths allegorical function. Also, Young Goodman Brown is sort of an “Everyman” figure, a representative of humans who are seeking to experience one last “fling” with evil before committing to one’s faith. The symbolic meaning of his wife name “Faith” and the color of the ribbon in her hair clearly tells us what she represents. The authors style of lecturing morals is suggestive of the religious writing of the Old and New Testament. After reading Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" you are given a lesson, you can't pass judgment on other individuals. …show more content…
The utilization of ethics joined with parts of Romantic era compositions demonstrate the story of Faulkner to be an allegory as well. However, there is so much symbolic mean in his writing that it can also be described as symbolic in nature. In this story, the writing style is determined by the narrative perspective and establishes the structure and tone of the story. Faulkner also uses very descriptive wordiness and make you imagine and feel what he’s writing about. The allegory in Faulkner’s story is the relationship between the North and the South after the civil war. Miss Emily is considered allegorical because she’s the “Southern Belle” represent the south and their “old” southern