since hawthorne treats them as examples of error, their diabolism is often unconvincing ; nor is it possible to take very seriously such objectives as a great carbuncle.
由于霍桑描写这些人物是误入岐途,他们的邪恶往往难以置信,而且你对大红玉之类的目标,也不能过于认真。
ligeia which poe thought his best grotesque story is now for most readers a jumble of morbid self-pity diabolism and gimcrack gothicism.