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

Such a setting, she points out, simply added to the fear and accusations of witchcraft against innocent people (Jacobs). I...

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...

In six pages this paper examines how temptation is featured in the Hawthorne short stories 'Young Goodman Brown,' 'The Minister's ...

In five pages this paper discusses how human nature's dark side is portrayed by Nathaniel Hawthorne in his short story 'Young Good...

This paper examines four literary criticisms of Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, Young Goodman Brown. The author also discusses Hawth...

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

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

wronged by the people sets out to uncover just how dishonest they truly are, how they do not possess righteousness and that they a...

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...

the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...

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...

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

he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...

The Ministers Black Veil Hawthornes The Ministers Black Veil is a short story that describes evil and depravity as developmental ...

In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...

In six pages this research paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's life is mirrored in 'Young Goodman Brown.' Six sources are ci...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...

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

of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...