"Some have observed a similarity between Aylmer and a vampire, one of the most well-known characters in nineteenth-century romanticism. Like in vampire myths, the victim, Georgiana, participates in her own destruction." I thought this was an interesting theory! I never would have thought about Aylmer as a vampire..? :S http://www.gradesaver.com/young-goodman-brown-and-other-hawthorne-short-stories/study-guide/section4/