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    two main themes in The Scarlet Letter and Young Goodman Brown. One of the main themes is the idea that good and evil are always present and it is a choice to do something good or something evil. This is evident in The Scarlet Letter by the choices that Hester Prynne makes. In Young Goodman BrownBrown had the choice to become good or evil as he walked through the forest. Another theme in both of the stories is how the Puritan community is corrupt. In The Scarlet Letter it is implied that not

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    The main theme of the Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ " Young Goodman Brown‚" is the struggle between Goodman Brown’s faith‚ power to resist his own evil impulses and his own doubts within him. It is a story of Young Goodman Brown’s personal conflict over his inner desires and its greater meaning conflict between good and evil in the world. The characteristics of Young Goodman Brown are similar to the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne had his own doubts about his own Puritan life and beliefs

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works “The Scarlet Letter” and “Young Goodman Brown” are literature classics. Hawthorne thoroughly portrays his main themes and ideas in these works. Both of these works illustrate the effects of evil on the human soul. Through Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” and “Young Goodman Brown” we can clearly see that evil causes people to judge other people‚ evil corrupts one’s faith‚ and that evil has the power to transform the human soul. In “The Scarlet Letter” we see just how much evil

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    Young Goodman Brown Young Goodman Brown at the beginning of this story represents immaturity‚ goodness‚ and every man. He is a very religious person‚ happy in his marriage‚ trustworthy and naive. Unbeknownst what challenges lie ahead "Young Goodman Brown" journey through the dark uncertainly forest. Brown is said to be naive because he goes into this evil forest even though his wife warned him of the danger that he was about to encounter. There is a question of maturity for Goodman Brown and

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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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    The Hero’s Journey of Young Goodman Brown Young Goodman Brown undergoes the hero’s journey in the story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The hero’s journey is a common guideline of events that many writers use in stories to show the physical‚ mental‚ and/or emotional transformation the main character or protagonist undergoes throughout the story. It starts with a call to adventure and a supernatural aid. It is then followed by a road of trials and a symbolic death. In the end‚ the character has

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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 story‚ Goodman Brown?s wife‚ Faith‚ is used as a symbol of religion‚ or his own Christian faith. He sees her as

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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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    Kevin McNeal English 1302 Dr. 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

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    Evil in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is a story of a religious man’s journey through a forest and the inner conflict he faces when encountering a traveler who claims to be the Devil. Brown is an honest‚ hardworking‚ religious everyman that Hawthorne uses to symbolize humanity while the traveller character who appears to be the Devil represents the inheritable evil that lies within mankind. “Young Goodman Brown” is the story of Brown’s internal

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