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    people to the Devil. To punish the accused witches of their actions and thoughts because they did not follow puritan beliefs‚ they were hanged. The connection that the Salem Witch Trials had on Hawthorne can be seen through the setting of “Young Goodman Brown.” The story takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The puritan connections in his writing don’t stop at the setting‚ but continue to develop

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    Comparing Symbolism Between the Stories Young Goodman Brown and The Lottery Is common to find stories‚ which the theme is easy and comprehensible to read without any hidden message‚ but some writers using symbols in their stories to clarify the real meaning of their tales keep the reader engaged in the lecture. Young Goodman Brown written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson is an ideal example‚ where the symbols have an important role in each story and are helpful

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    Cultural Context Essay

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    Cultural Context Essay “Young Goodman Brown” Thomas Lovins ENG310 Alexia Kosmider 16 February 2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ “Young Goodman Brown” is a story of Puritanical fear and crisis of faith set in the colonial period right around the same time of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Brown is led through the woods by a mysterious man to complete a family tradition and face his destiny as a suspicious man‚ perhaps to head the trials of the witches himself. The story is culminated when Brown

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    Hawthorne Introduction

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    Hawthorne Introduction | |   | ------------------------------------------------- 表單的頂端…. My Kinsman‚ Major Molineux” [and] “Young Goodman Brown”: both probe the individual’s complex inner life and interrelationships with society‚ warning against simplistic moral judgments and challenging pious assumptions about Puritanism and revolutionary America. Both present eruptions of what has been suppressed; and the narrator‚ who asks if the guilt-obsessed Brown had “only dreamed a wild dream of of witch-meeting”

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    In the story “The Birthmark” written by Nathaniel Hawthorn‚ the author sets a dark and cold mood of hatred through Aylmer and Georgiana’s relationship. Aylmer especially has hate towards the birthmark which leads to his change of attitude towards Georgiana. When Aylmer says‚ “a defect or a beauty shocks me” hurts Georgiana because she believes “you cannot love what shocks you” (Hawthorne 219). The quote implies that the birthmark is a part of Georgiana and Aylmer cannot love her for her true self

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Literature Classified as Anti-Transcendentalist Nathaniel Hawthorne an American romantic writer‚ whose literature is known for its Anti-Transcendentalism‚ wrote Young Goodman Brown and The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne is a writer during the American Romantics‚ where the majority of writing is focused on nature‚ supernatural elements; one’s psychology and the criticism of society’s “norm”. Nathaniel is Hawthorne known for his notorious Anti-Transcendentalist literature

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    comparing and contrasting

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    Comparing and Contrasting (quoted from Jim Stover‚ “Writing About Literature”) One of the best methods to help us clarify our thoughts about a character‚ an event‚ a poem‚ a story—nearly anything—is to compare and contrast. (To compare can mean to find similarities and differences. Coupled with contrast‚ however‚ to compare means to point out similarities‚ while to contrast means to point out differences.) Many of us‚ feeling weighted down by cares‚ have happened to see someone coping with a

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    of Melville and Twain‚ it is both possible to observe the cultural values and changings in American society during the second half of the 19th century. As we may remember from Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’ it is easy to figure out that Puritans take important place in American society: “Good‚ goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and that’s no trifly to say.” (Hawthorne‚ 615) According to Encyclopedia Britannica the word itself ‘Puritan’

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    Question 1: Although each early American writer had their own voice‚ many of them incorporated the same features in their writing. While some writers focused on their religious conviction and a need to connect to God‚ other writers desired self-promotion or they tried to spin narratives that would “sell” the New World to Europeans. Even though both versions explored different forms‚ structures and depictions of the New World‚ each author presented themes that resonated with the other. Many Early

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    poem analysis

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    and she tricks with the different gender roles in a relationship‚ based on commitment‚ and adultery. She uses the gothic concept of inapt ability to escape death. Nathaniel Hawthorne: “Young Goodman Brown” was a story about a husband facing trial between his religion and his wife. The main character Goodman Brown is a Christian man who walks out on his Christian wife “faith”. Hawthorne was very clever in naming the characters; he uses the allegory and imagery. He takes a different gothic approach

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