Young Goodman Brown
Our faith in men is nothing more than an illusion, which we create only in order to feel security in our lives. We dismiss the hypocrisy that we know exists in others, because if we don’t, we have to instead accept the fact that the people and things we look to for strength, and strive to be like, all contain flaws and are usually no more innocent than we are. At least, this is the view that Nathaniel Hawthorn reveals through his narrative called “Young Goodman Brown”, a story thick with allegory and obvious symbolism.In the first paragraphs of the story we find young Goodman Brown leaving his “aptly named” wife Faith, on an Evil errand into the wickedness of the forest. Faith pleads with him not to go, afraid of herself and what she might do while he his gone. Without him there to help her and reassure her in the midst of the menacing night, his Faith couldn’t be trusted to stay strong and dependable. His faith
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Approximate Word count = 633
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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