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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
"No high place nor lowly place, where thou couldst have escaped me. "Who is he? Who is he? Canst thou do nothing for me? I have a nameless horror of the man. "Vengeance on a dumb brute!"(Melville, 237) Starbuck, Ahab's second hand man says this toward the captain. They are just wild and filled with rage that they would be very dangerous. This is how Chillingworth's ego is distorted in the story. All these quotes from the stories strongly support that the two authors share the same interest. As the story progresses in Moby Dick Starbuck seems to get alienated from the rest of the crew and Ahab. "(The Scarlet Letter, 179) The symbol of which Hawthorne is of course the letter "A" which Hester wore to show she committed the crime of adultery. "But I came here to hunt whales, not my commander's vengeance. Melville distorts the ego of every crewmember using their religion. "Wild and barbaric in appearance, they are Zoroastrians in religion. They also place within the characters ways of being alienated and had distortions in their ego. Never afterwards did it not leave her bosom. Who would want to live with that shame for their whole life? I suppose she did this because she thought it was the right thing to do even if it was a crime; she did it because she loved Dimmesdale. Even though Chillingworth doesn't know of this Dimmesdale does succeed with alienating him.
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