What does Goodman Brown's pursuit of sin in "Young Goodman Brown" have in common with Alymer's quest for perfection in "The Birthmark"? How do these...

You may be
hard pressed to prove that young Goodman Brown is in "pursuit of sin" since his
aversion of it is what causes him to become a "stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a
distrustful, if not a desperate man."

Yet the single-mindedness both he
and Aylmer share can in one sense be compared. Brown was a carefree, happy man until the
unfortunate night he...