Young Goodman Brown

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Young Goodman Brown In short stories, I have learned that there is much more than what at first meets the eye. Almost everything in the story has meaning. All Ihave to do is try to find the hints and clues the writer drops and manage to put them all together. I have to concentrate more than I ever have so that I can interpret the authors meaning and what he or she might really be trying to convey in the writing. In Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, I determined that through diverse symbolism, Hawthorne writes of a man who in his coming of age learns that there is a darkness in everyone and upon this coming of knowledge, he is forever changed.

From the start, Hawthorne describes Goodman Brown as a good Puritan who is devoted to his wife ?aith, whose name he uses like a shield for his soul. At the beginning of his walk through the


woods, Brown runs into the Devil who tries to convert him; this is shown by the Devil's offering of the staff to Brown. The Devil goes on to say that Brown's family has had dealings with evil in the past; examples used are the Salem witch trials and the killing of Indian non-combatants. This may be Hawthornes way of dealing with guilt he might have felt over his own forbears' actions during those times. Brown goes on to say that he could not bear the shame of betraying his faith while the Devil is naming people known and respected by Brown to try to show him that it wouldn't really be that bad if Brown joined the witches' coven. When Goody Cloyse is encountered, Brown learns how she truly feels about him; also, Goody Cloyse freely takes up the Devil's staff. Proud of himself for denying the Devil, while again using his wife's name to strengthen his resolve, Brown discov

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