Friendless in North America By Ellen Goodman 1. Lynn Smith-Lovin was listening in the back seat of a taxi when a woman called the radio talk show hosts to confess her affairs with a new boyfriend and a not-yet-former husband. The hosts‚ in their best therapeutic voices‚ offered their on-air opinion‚ "Give me an S‚ give me an L‚ give me a U." You can spell the rest. It was the sort of exchange that would leave most of us wondering why anyone would share her intimate life story with a radio host. Didn’t
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Innocence Lost My Kinsman‚ Major Molineux and Young Goodman Brown present Nathaniel Hawthorne’s belief in the universality of sin. These works provide numerous perspectives into the nature of the human condition and the individual’s role within it. Hawthorne fictionalizes a world where communion with man is essential for spiritual satisfaction. The main characters of these stories face moral dilemmas through their pursuit of human communion. Whether the problems are moral‚ psychological
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Within many of Hawthorne’s works there is a sense of misogyny‚ male supremacy especially through sexuality‚ and his constanttendency to infantilize women concentrating on “Young Goodman Brown” and“The Birthmark”. Hawthorne begins “Young Goodman Brown” flirting within the line that informs the reader of Young Goodman Brown’s infidel ways. Faith‚ Brown’s wife‚ is saying her goodbyes to Brown before he embarks on a journey—that at this point is still unknown to the reader. While telling him goodbye
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Hawthorne and Symbolism Symbolism in literature can convey a much deeper meaning than what we interpret at the first reading of a story. This is one reason it is always a good idea to go back and read a passage or story more than once for analysis purposes. Our opinions can vary greatly from one reading to another‚ even after reading a piece several times. We may end up with five different versions of what the story conveys to us. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a master at using symbolism in his writings
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The figure that Young Goody Brown meets in the forest appears to be the Devil. He is characterized to almost have some similarity to Young Goody Brown‚ however‚ more as an older man and almost fatherly. Young Goody Brown walking through the forest feels that he comes from a family that are pure Puritans and that they are all holy and very faithful to the Almighty God that they believe. However‚ his companion that he meets in the forest tells him otherwise. The mysterious man tells him that he used
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of human nature between the characters; Tom Walker‚ Young Goodman Brown‚ and Connie are revealed vastly contrarily and similarly throughout the each short stories. Tom Walker‚ a greedy‚ lazy‚ materialistic man throughout the short story “Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving as he makes his way through the muddy unpleasant swamp. Young Goodman Brown‚ an innocent‚ guilty‚ follower who is a victim of the Devil‚ in the story “Young Goodman Brown” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. He has a harsh time
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It is no secret that Herman Melville looked up to his companion writer‚ Nathanial Hawthorne‚ so undoubtedly they have similarities between them as they greatly influenced each other. They have similar themes and styles like the exploring the darker side of humans and nature. Religion is also a common thread‚ but Melville focuses on Christianity while Hawthorne plays more with Puritanism. Stylistically‚ they bother use the short story and novel platform to launch their writing with subtle and stunning
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The short stories “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “Young Goodman Brown‚” written by Hawthorne‚ reflect these themes through elements of fiction‚ such as plot‚ setting‚ symbolism‚ and point of view. “The Minister’s Black Veil” is about a town’s minister who walks into Sunday Congregation with a heinous black veil covering his face. The veil shields him from the sins of the rest of the world‚ and the rest of the world from his sin. “Young Goodman Brown” is about a newly married man who leaves Faith‚ his
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In the two short stories‚ “Young Goodman Brown” and‚ “The Minister’s Black Veil‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts a romantic view of people and sin. Hawthorne himself is the great grandson of one of the judges who accused people mistakenly at the Salem Witch Trials. Because of this memory‚ he is tormented by morals‚ and most of his literature is romance‚ where the setting is dark and gloomy and the main character does not give in to evil‚ even though he or she experiences its powerful prevalence. Apart
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