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    Jordan Johnson Professor Christopher McBride ENGL 303 23 June 2013 Essay Assignment One: Reader-Response Criticism Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is a short story in which the author attempts to convey several different messages or themes throughout the literary piece. Themes in literary works can sometimes be better understood by analyzing the piece with a specific literary criticism technique. A few of these literary criticism techniques include Marxist‚ Formalism‚ and

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    In this extract from “Young Goodman Brown”‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism‚ imagery and point of view to depict Goodman Brown’s eventual journey from naivety in man’s purity of faith to recognition of man’s disposition to evil. It reveals Brown’s misplaced faith in man‚ who is deficient‚ instead of God. In the dialogue that ensues between the minister and Deacon Gookin‚ we learn of an impending meeting expecting participants hailing from “Falmouth and beyond... Indian powows” (Hawthorne

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    Puritan man who is faced with the decision to go to the dark side‚ or stay with his perfect life back at home. In “Young Goodman Brown‚” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ he proves the theme that evil is always present by the journey in the forest‚ the meeting of the second traveler‚ and the Black Mass. The forest itself is looked upon as devilish‚ horrifying and dark‚ and Goodman Brown does not like the appearance of it. He is unaware of the outcome of his trip‚ but he continues to go on. The path that

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    Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown. Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes symbolism throughout his short story Young Goodman Brown to impact and clarify the theme of good people sometimes do bad things. Hawthorne uses a variety of light and dark imagery‚ names‚ and people to illustrate irony and different translations. Young Goodman Brown is a story about a man who comes to terms with the reality that people are imperfect and flawed and then dies a bitter death from the enlightenment of his journey through

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    opportunity that come with many mistakes that parents make. This theme and realization of Hawthorne’s is a prevalent theme in many of his stories. This theme and idea that one must pay for the mistakes of his or her forefathers is displayed not only in Hawthorne’s own history but in his stories “Dr. Rappacini’s Daughter‚” “The Birthmark‚” and “Young Goodman Brown” as well. Hawthorne had a family history which he was personally ashamed of. He was born in Salem Massachusetts in 1804 with the emotional

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    Wesson-Martin February 22‚ 2012 Dancing with the Devil “Young Goodman Brown” is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne about a young man who has to endure the experience of temptations of evil and dance with the devil. Goodman Brown is a young adult who has influences all around him swaying him towards evil that he felt were reliable role models. Hawthorne uses literary devices to display many different meanings in this story. In the story‚ the most common devices are imagery and symbolism. The imagery

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    innocence is lost to sin‚ there is no way to recover it. Nathaniel Hawthorne?s character‚ Young Goodman Brown‚ is one such example. After making a journey down the dark path of evil‚ Goodman Brown?s innocence and beliefs are lost forever. Throughout the short story ?Young Goodman Brown‚? Hawthorne uses imagery and symbolism to amplify the theme of innocence lost. From the beginning of the storyGoodman Brown?s wife‚ Faith‚ is used as a symbol of religion‚ or his own Christian faith. He sees her as a

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    American Lit Dr. Smith 11/19/10 Young Goodman Brown Young Goodman Brown is a story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne with many interpretations. It is a story of Young Goodman Brown’s adventure that many believe was a journey away from home. Some people believe that he was trying to get at the community and everyday social life. One way to interpret it is that Young Goodman Brown was simply taking a journey in his sleep - a dream. When reading this story‚ there are many ways to interpret it as

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    ENG 231 2/17/11 From Goodman to bad man Christianity has had a major impact on Western civilization. The strong presence of the Christian church in Europe for several centuries shaped societies ideology way back then and even shape ours today. The church affected society socially and politically as much as it did spiritually. People’s imaginations and fantasy’s were not separate from this Christian way of thinking. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story Young Goodman Brown (Hawthorne) you see an example

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    young goodman brown Young Goodman Brown ""Young Goodman Brown"" by Nathaniel Hawthorne contains much symbolism. The symbols take many forms from the setting to the characters. The symbols can be viewed as just part of the story line‚ but upon further thought they represent many different things. Faith‚ Brown’’s wife‚ is a symbol herself. When he says‚ ""My love and my Faith‚"" he is using his wife as a symbol and is really referring to his love and faith in God. He goes on

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