Young Goodman Brown
Mankind has a history of turning away from God and embracing evil. From the days of Cain to the present, there are a chain of men and women who have forsaken the promise of salvation in favor of what is called Satanism. In Hawthorne's story, Goodman Brown is faced with this challenge. He must endure the trials of Satan, learn troubling facts along the way and lose the one he loves. The choice to be made is succumbing to the devil and suffering eternal damnation, or embracing God and be saved. Goodman Brown, symbolic for "any good man," dwells in the village of Salem. The Massachusetts town of Salem was once a site of a horrific witch hunt and is a symbol of pure evil. It is ironic that Hawthorne chose this site for the setting and the characters have all the traits of a "normal" citizen of Salem. All of the good people appear to be god fearing Puritans, when in fact they all are practicing devil-worshipers.
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Approximate Word count = 632
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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