Essay Comparing The Most Dangerous Game And Young Goodman Brown
“The Most Dangerous Game” VS “Young Goodman Brown”
201240 English 102: Literature and Composition
Fall D 2012
Cara Wood L25221640
APA
Thesis: Both “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne have similarities and differences when it comes to characterization and setting. Richard Connell and Nathaniel Hawthorne both illustrate a great sense of fear and evil in both of these short stories, as well as good morals.
Outline:
I. Introduction
A. Thesis
B. Characterization and Setting
II. Setting
A. “Young Goodman Brown”
a. The setting is focused in the forest
b. The forest is evil
B. “The Most Dangerous Game”
a. The setting is an island called Ship-Trap
b. The island is also evil
C. The …show more content…
In “The Most Dangerous Game”, the main setting is an island called Ship-Trap that is also consumed by evil. The similarities in both of these stories in a setting perspective, is that the island and the forest are both full of evil. The story of “Young Goodman Brown” is set in Massachusetts in the 1700’s during the time of the Salem witch trials, while “The Most Dangerous Game” is set in the 1920’s. Although the time periods of both of these stories are different, the themes of the settings in both are evil. Both of these settings represent evil because of where they are located. A dark forest creates a scary and uneasy mood, while a secluded island where you can hear gunshots also creates a scary and uneasy …show more content…
Was this a sort of wickedness that the forest had left upon him or was it a dream that was so evil and seemed so real that Goodman Brown now does not trust anyone worth trusting, including his wife Faith? It states that “Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild of a witch-meeting?” (Hawthorne, 1835, para. 70). Whether that be the case or not, there was a sort of omen upon Goodman Brown that left him untrustworthy of anyone. This shows that his character was pure and in God’s faith and whether the events in the forest were real or not, his faith was with God and not the Devil. Goodman Brown had good morals and his intentions were
201240 English 102: Literature and Composition
Fall D 2012
Cara Wood L25221640
APA
Thesis: Both “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne have similarities and differences when it comes to characterization and setting. Richard Connell and Nathaniel Hawthorne both illustrate a great sense of fear and evil in both of these short stories, as well as good morals.
Outline:
I. Introduction
A. Thesis
B. Characterization and Setting
II. Setting
A. “Young Goodman Brown”
a. The setting is focused in the forest
b. The forest is evil
B. “The Most Dangerous Game”
a. The setting is an island called Ship-Trap
b. The island is also evil
C. The …show more content…
In “The Most Dangerous Game”, the main setting is an island called Ship-Trap that is also consumed by evil. The similarities in both of these stories in a setting perspective, is that the island and the forest are both full of evil. The story of “Young Goodman Brown” is set in Massachusetts in the 1700’s during the time of the Salem witch trials, while “The Most Dangerous Game” is set in the 1920’s. Although the time periods of both of these stories are different, the themes of the settings in both are evil. Both of these settings represent evil because of where they are located. A dark forest creates a scary and uneasy mood, while a secluded island where you can hear gunshots also creates a scary and uneasy …show more content…
Was this a sort of wickedness that the forest had left upon him or was it a dream that was so evil and seemed so real that Goodman Brown now does not trust anyone worth trusting, including his wife Faith? It states that “Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild of a witch-meeting?” (Hawthorne, 1835, para. 70). Whether that be the case or not, there was a sort of omen upon Goodman Brown that left him untrustworthy of anyone. This shows that his character was pure and in God’s faith and whether the events in the forest were real or not, his faith was with God and not the Devil. Goodman Brown had good morals and his intentions were