The main themes of these two stories are different because. In My Kinsman, Major Molineux there is the theme of a mans destiny to find his ancestor instead of them haunting him as in The House of the Seven Gables, in which they are followed by their family curse. Although there doesn’t appear to be a curse in My Kinsman, Major Molineux you get the feeling that there is some evil present. The House of Seven Gables is a story of innate wrongdoing and the affects of unpleasant times on the family. At one time the Pyncheons were rich and then in a situation of endless falling apart. Both the Pyncheon family and their mansion fall to the pity of society.

In both stories there is themes of the individual vs. society, Clifford and Robin in their struggle with society to come to terms with what is going on around them and the frustration that follows. There is belief in the existence in the devil and also a belief in determinism. Robin is determined to find

There is a similarity between the characters Phoebe and Robin. They are both visitors coming to find someone that is part of their heritage. Robin searches the whole town after getting off the ferry to find his kinsman, but he is either ignored or denied of any information by every person he asks. This situation is similar to Judge Pyncheons desire to meet with Clifford, because he is denied the privilege to speak or see him and both Judge Gaffrey and Robin are out to get money. Although in Gaffrey’s case it is the land he is after, there is the underlining theme of money behind it. There is a similarity between the quests for finding some great piece of property, in Robin’s case it is that he will find his kinsman in a large home with unbelievable wealth. There is a pretty, young woman in both stories, Phoebe, in The House of the Seven Gables, and the woman Robin meets on the street. The feelings of being lost, having no direction, almost a sense of roamin!

g that Robin had are also seen in Clifford after his return to the mansion. The presence of unpleasant looking people is also present in both stories. In The House of the Seven Gables Gaffrey is viewed as an unappealing person; someone that makes you feel uncomfortable by his presence. In the short story there is a character that Robin encounters on the street that resembles the devil. This character has a distorted face that is half mangled and small horns coming out of his forehead.

The House of the Seven Gables (1832) was written twenty years after My Kinsman, Major Molineux (1852). You can see the difference in the settings of the two storie

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