Comparing Young Goodman Brown And The Rocking-Horse Winner

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While the story of ‘Rocking horse winner’ covered puritan themes but with different perspective related to postmodern sense as he reworked and reshaped puritan, mythical and traditional themes into modern and psychological bent of mind and human attitudes. He discussed about current human psyche mixed with psychosexual aspect of human mind and body. Lawrence, in this story discussed about the internal psychoanalytical conflict of human beings.
Interpretation of Evil and Damnation:
“The Young Goodman Brown” by Hawthorne and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by Lawrence’s are more different than similar whereas both these stories demonstrated the long life fights between good and evil. Moreover, both writers illustrated the requisite of responsibility, as we are parents for looking after our children, or it is related to the moral responsibility that derived
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He also came to know through this journey about the human hidden nature apparently and inwardly, physically and spiritually as he observed in the forest the noble figures of Minister, Deacon Gookin and his preacher that old lady who taught him catechism. Hawthorne was considered to present dark romanticism and ‘Young Goodman Brown’ was based on dark romantic story as Goodman insisted to visit dark forest in spite of his wife forbidden. Goodman searched out evil from outside in the forest while Lawrence searched out evil inside and it exists inside the heart and home, no need to go outside in specific place like forest as Goodman gone to have such devilish experience. Goodman met with sinners, damned and hypocritical people and consequent upon Goodman himself got punishment by losing his dear and loving wife and his mind was tormented and became truncated after visiting the

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