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    In ‘Young Goodman Brown’‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes many seemingly ordinary features in his story to reinforce a misanthropic take on human nature. One of the many ways he does such is through young Goodman Brown’s wife‚ Faith‚ and her pink ribbons. Faith is described as ‘aptly named’ in the story by Hawthorne. From the first sentence‚ Hawthorne gives the impression that Faith is the epitome of faith itself‚ and young Goodman Brown seems to think so too‚ as he references to her in statements where

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    Goodman Brown” The story‚ “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne has a lot of allegories. It is a moral story that is told through the corruption of a religious person. Goodman Brown is a Puritan minister who lets his pride and belief in himself interfere with his relations with the community after he meets with the devil‚ which causes him to live the life of not knowing who to trust or believe in his own community. In the beginning when Faith‚ Brown ’s wife‚ asks him not to go. Brown says

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    the organisation: Responsible Contact(s) Primary contact for questions‚ feedback: Name: Address: Telephone: Email: Chris Brown ASDA House Leeds chris.brown@asda.co.uk Senior representative‚ authorising commitments: Person submitting progress report: Financial contact for membership fee: Reporting Period: Date of Report: Chris Brown Chris Brown Chris Brown

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    story “Young Goodman Brown‚” Goodman Brown goes into the forest at night and has a thought-provoking conversation within a timeworn man. Young Goodman Brown’s wife Faith warns him not to venture off into the night because the devil resides within the forest. Despite the warning‚ Brown still goes off into the woods and encounters a long-standing man with a serpent-like staff. Brown states that he should return to the village for Faith’s sake and only met him due to a promise. Brown then begins to talk

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ into a family descendant from the New England Puritans. In the short story‚ “Young Goodman Brown”‚ Hawthorne tells us a story about Goodman Brown who goes into the forest at night to protect his wife Faith and also his religious belief. According to Elizabeth Eris‚ the author of “The Devil‚ the Body‚ and the Feminine Soul in Puritan New England” states that “Puritans believed that Satan attacked the soul by assaulting the body and that because

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    “My Faith is gone!” cried he (1038). This is Goodman Brown‚ a young man who is into Puritanism and catechism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story Young Goodman Brown. The character became skeptical about his religious belief when he listened to the voice of his wife Faith in the woods. When he came back from the woods‚ he shrank from Faith as well as people living in Salem village. Being reclusive from people‚ he died in the end‚ with no hopeful verse carved on his tombstone. As Hawthorne shows in

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    The Consequences of Puritan Depravity and Distrust as Historical Context for Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown" Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require constant self-examination to see that they are sinners and unworthy of God’s Grace. Because man had broken the Covenant of Works when Adam had eaten from the Tree of Knowledge‚ God offered a new covenant to Abraham’s people which held that election to Heaven was merely a possibility. In the Puritan religion‚ believers

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    When interpreting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story‚ "Young Goodman Brown"‚ one can decide Hawthorne’s intentional ambiguity towards Goodman Brown’s encounter with the devil in the forest. Throughout the story‚ textual evidence influences the reader to discover that the meeting with the Devil did actually occur in reality. Hawthorne was extremely straightforward with his references towards reality in "Young Goodman Brown" through Brown’s recount of the details. He makes known throughout his detailing

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    The story of “Young Goodman Brown” is a story about a young man‚ Goodman Brown‚ who goes on a journey to meet the Devil. He is guided through the dark forest by the Devil himself‚ who is disguised as his grandfather. When Brown reaches his destination he discovers that not only the “holy” people who live in his town are devil worshipers‚ but ironically his wife‚ Faith‚ was converting to become a devil worshiper that night. Brown did not give in to the unholy ceremony but was unlucky to stop his from

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    Symbolically Speaking: Symbolism in Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown" 	Symbolism‚ something that figuratively represents something else‚ is prominent in many literary works. One piece of literature that stands out as a perfect example of symbolism is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown." This story is completely symbolic‚ and provides a good example of an allegory‚ or a story in which concrete items or characters represent abstract ideas. Hawthorne uses both objects and people

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