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true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...

and... evokes that stage of Puritanism when a diminished conviction was beginning to be replaced by a somewhat hypocritical moral ...

This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside o...

and venture onto "a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow pat...

he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

gothic tone, which is a feature of romanticism. Goodman Brown soon arrives at his destination as he meet a man who has been wait...

for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...

to be happening is that he feels he is risking his soul. If this is the case then a hero would emerge victorious in some way, havi...

as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand...

Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...

symbol, the black veil that the minister wears. The intriguing thing about the story is that unlike, say, the Phantom of the Opera...

4 pages in length. Evil - a self-perpetuating entity of myriad literary tales - presents itself as a force that challenges the ve...

In five pages the fine line betwen love and hate is examined in a discussion of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stor, 'Young Goodman B...

point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...

fa?ade of the townspeople and the reality of their participation with "evil" in the forest. It is common to interpret the narrati...

This essay offers interpretation of Hawthorne's short story " Young Goodman Brown." Three pages in length, two sources are cited. ...

This essay discusses short stories Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," contrasting...

Goodman presents challenges to relativism, which is the view that morality is relative and that ethical truths are dependent on th...

As he hauls water through the village he is greeted by many who know him. Some of course treat him like a servant but by and by...

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...

in humanity until he hears the voice of his wife. When he stumbles out of the woods the next morning, he is a changed man. He ha...

could "be a devilish Indian behind every tree" or that the devil may even be in the woods (Hawthorne). As one can see, the nature ...

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...