the theme of man, oblivious that sin is an inescapable part of human nature, attempting to

escape from sin. The way in which Hawthorne uses to describe the way Goodman Brown

is changed by realizing the reality of the world is superb. By using the idea of dreams to

convey the point of no body in the world is perfect was I believe an excellent idea. The

idea that mankind is perfectible, or perhaps that good Puritans are without imperfection,

seems to dominate the world view of Hawthorne's Puritan character, Young Goodman

Brown. His naive ideas are contrasted against the vision of profound betrayal in the forest

to create a stark illustration of one possible "truth."

Goodman Brown's struggle between the evil temptations, the devil, and the proper

church abiding life, is a struggle he does not think he can face. He reiterates his false

confidence to himself repeatedly. This characteristic of Goodman Brown is similar to the

life lead by the author Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of self-doubt. Nathaniel Hawthorne was

an unhappy person his entire life, never satisfied with his accomplishments.

At the story's outset, Young Goodman Bro

This makes Goodman feel strong until they pass the old woman who Young Goodman

There is certainly irony in the fact that it is the most pious church people who

pitted against his past and his desires to reach beyond that which his benighted heaven

from the sin of the rest of the world.

The following morning he finds himself in the forest and wonders what happened

devil can move--intensifying the airs of the preternatural). Young Goodman Brown replies

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