Allegory in Hawthorne and Irving

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…was being torn apart inside, because his spiritual faith had been shaken. It is no wonder that authors like Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving have become an integral part of American culture. They have created characters whose stories are still read today, whose stories helped a new country come to terms with this new found freedom from tyranny, and through the use of allegory got their messages across without beating their readers over the heads.