Compare/Contrast Essay on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart and Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown

n this essay, you will compare and contrast the treatment of a single theme, issue, or key term from our class discussion as it appears in two works of literature that we read this semester. Your analysis should:

• Analyze the treatment of your chosen theme/issue/key term in both selected works, noting similarities and differences, and draw a specific conclusion based on your analysis.

• Provide evidence from the texts to support your analysis and conclusion.

• Answer the “so what?” question by the end of your essay.

Whatever you choose to write about, remember, a literary analysis is an argument. That is, it offers a particular point of view regarding how to understand works of literature.