The Male Role in Hawthorne's The Birth Mark and Dickens's A Christmas Carol : the poverty of rationalism, scientific and material.
A comparison of Hawthorne's Aylmer and Dickens's Scrooge in terms of their "male" roles. The point is emphasized that Science in the case of the former, and Commerce in the case of the second, are no substitutes for the concerns of humanity and human values. 4 pgs. No bibliography provided.
