"Young Goodman Brown", is a story that takes place in the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts. As the story begins we are introduced to the main character, Young Goodman brown. Even with his name we gain instant insight to what type of person this man is. "Young" may signify the character being young in his way of thinking, somewhat new to the ways of the world. "Goodman" is used to signal us to that he is a righteous man, full of virtue. "Brown" being a very common name is used to show that it could be anyone.

The next character we are introduced to is a bit of a mystery. He is an older gentleman around 50years old, simply dressed but as the story states "he had an indescribable air of one who knew the world", this adds to the mystery of the man's identity. The footnotes also make an observation of the man's speed. He says that the clock of the Old South, was striking as he came through Boston. The old S

The setting of this story was essential in the crating of the mood and giving a fitting backdrop to the evil at hand. It was dark, deep into the woods a very ominous place where fear of Indians and that of the known keep men out of it after dark. Hawthorne paints a very vivid picture making one feel as if though the woods were alive with a sinister presents. At one point it is referred to as a "desert", leading some to think of this as an oxymoron, but it could be interpreted as a place where noting good could be found, empty or void of life. It is apparent that even in Hawthorn's time, as it remains in our time, the woods were the embodiment of man's fear of the inexplicable and man's own mortality. The setting reminds me a lot of the Blair witch project as well as countless other Hollywood horror movies where the poor unsuspecting girl falls prey to the homicidal maniac's machete .

outh he is talking about is the Old South Park Church, which is in the corner street of the Boston Common. Now it would have been impossible to get from Boston to Salem on foot in fifteen minutes.

As the two men walk into the woods the nature of their

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