Similarities Between Young Goodman Brown And The Cask Of Amontillado
The short stories “Young Goodman Brown”, by Nathanial Hawthorne, and “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe, use dramatic irony more than any other type of irony. They both use symbols, imagery, and foreshadowing to connect to mostly dramatic irony that reveals to characters in the stories having evil intentions. However, these literary devices and ironic situations also lead to different items in each short story.
In “Young Goodman Brown”, Hawthorne writes, “What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!” (Hawthorne 4). This foreshadows to Goodman Brown meeting a character with the devil-like characteristic of having a staff that “bore the likeliness of a great black snake” (Hawthorne 4) that joins him on his journey through
In “Young Goodman Brown”, Hawthorne writes, “What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!” (Hawthorne 4). This foreshadows to Goodman Brown meeting a character with the devil-like characteristic of having a staff that “bore the likeliness of a great black snake” (Hawthorne 4) that joins him on his journey through