The Short Stories Writers Known For Their Anti...

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe are two short stories writers known for their anti-transcendental style of writing. Hawthorne wrote â€Å"The Minister’s Black Veil† and Poe wrote the â€Å"The Oval Portrait.† In â€Å"The Minister’s Black Veil† the main character conceals his face behind a black cloth. The town becomes engulfed in trying to find the meaning behind the veil. In Poe’s short story, â€Å"The Oval Portrait† a man finds he is in love with a portrait of a girl after staying in an abandoned apartment. Obsession is having something that someone cannot get out of their mind. These two stories have a common theme. Both of them share the common theme of obsession. â€Å"The Minister’s Black Veil,† starts off with Reverend Mr. Hooper walking down the†¦show more content†¦The judgment of others hurt Mr. Hooper deeply inside. He couldn’t bear to see everyone looking at him and staring at him whi le walking down the road. â€Å"The Oval Portrait† begins with a chauffeur bringing in an injured passenger to an apartment so he does not have to sleep outside. The reckless room was filled with elegant decorations that were beginning to age. The passenger takes a deep interest in the paintings on the wall. The valet goes to sleep but the narrator stays awakes to investigate the room more. He finds a portrait that was hidden behind a bed. The painting startles him and causes him to become more awake. The narrator mistakes it for a real person which causes him to investigate the portrait farther. He opens up a book to find out the meaning behind this oval portrait. The painter of the picture had a hard time spending time with his wife. The painter wants his wife to model for him to show his love for her. The painter becomes way too in love with making the portrait perfect even though is his wife is slowing dying. The obedient wife just keeps smiling just to please her husband . As his work is getting closer to being finished, everyone compliments him on his life-likeness of the picture. As the picture become more real his wife becomes paler. As he just finishes the picture, he looks up to see that his wife died right before he finished. The painter becomes way too