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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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

"black heart," but each kept some number of people at bay, not letting those individuals enter the inner recesses of either their ...

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

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

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...