Abstract
Literature being any collection of written work records, preserves and transmits knowledge having social, psychological, political and spiritual roles. Comparative literature is an interdisciplinary field which is considered to be the “literature without borders”. This paper compares the feminine outcasts in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works, “Rappaccinni's Daughter” and “The Birthmark”. Despite the similarities between Beatrice and Georgiana, there are also differences in their direction of development. This paper will focus on the situations both the characters undergo due to the conditions men have created for them. Psychological and physical influences lead both the characters even to their death.
Keywords: Psychology, feminism, Physical influences, perception, concoction, obsession.
REFERENCES
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Rappaccini’s Daughter.1844. Public Domain. Web.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Birthmark. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1846. Web.