Young Goodman Brown By Nathanial Hawthorne: A Literary Analysis
Young Goodman Brown Nathanial Hawthorne: A Literary Analysis
Hawthorn uses the story of Young Goodman Brown to exemplify the struggle that exists between our desire to do good or evil. Throughout the short story he uses the themes of collective influence, female purity, and the personification of evil to demonstrate why it is important for to conclude our belief systems on our own.
Through the backdrop of a puritan society, where religion is the base of common morality between a community, we see Young Goodman Brown placing his beliefs with the others. At the beginning of the short story he believes in God and that everyone around him is inherently good. Yet he is still tempted to leave behind his new wife Faith at the thought of meeting
Hawthorn uses the story of Young Goodman Brown to exemplify the struggle that exists between our desire to do good or evil. Throughout the short story he uses the themes of collective influence, female purity, and the personification of evil to demonstrate why it is important for to conclude our belief systems on our own.
Through the backdrop of a puritan society, where religion is the base of common morality between a community, we see Young Goodman Brown placing his beliefs with the others. At the beginning of the short story he believes in God and that everyone around him is inherently good. Yet he is still tempted to leave behind his new wife Faith at the thought of meeting