Answer:
The correct answer is option B. "Both are tempted by the devil".
Explanation:
The character of Paul from the short story "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather represents a young man that is frustrated with his middle class status and struggles to fit in the world he lives. Paul stole money and lived a few days in New York City as a rich man, and decided to took his life instead of returning home in Pittsburgh. On the other hand, the character of Brown from the short story "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is of a man that leaves his wife to follow an older man that looks like himself, just to later on finding out that he was fooled and seem that all the townspeople are followers of a cult. One thing that this two characters have in common is that both got tempted by the devil. Brown followed the older man who carried a black serpent-shaped staff, while Paul committed a crime to have a rich life for a few days and paid the ultimate prize for selling his soul to the devil.
