“Evil the counterpart of Faith”
Intro Hawthorne’s symbolism in his stories touch many aspects in real life scenarios. The novel “Young Goodman Brown” which he wrote almost two centuries ago, discovered how civilization profound the meaning of belief. It shows how strong our faith can be dependently on a motivation towards others. Hawthorn explains how a young man lost himself to evil after his faith was taken away from him. A faith contained of the inspiration towards his own wife. Critics from all over have combined around 400 articles on “Young Goodman Brown” trying to decipher the true moral meaning of it and what Hawthorne was trying to interpret. Out of many analyses the novel has to find what the story says to us; we must apply the experiences …show more content…
Goodman Brown like us finds himself on a road of temptation to discover something new. It’s a walk of curiosity we take some time in our existence and normally comes when we are young and naïve like Brown. As Brown walks with each step becoming harder to advance, a regretful conscience haunts him as he says, “Faith kept me back a while” (Hawthorne 387). Referring to his wife as well, Hawthorn’s idea to symmetrically divide the word faith from Brown’s belief and the name of his wife symbolizes deeply how faith impacts us as beings. Hawthorne used a forest for Brown’s journey, there is no better theme for such matter to describe what kind of path he is taking. Out of curiosity we look for a new path, one that we never experience like Brown. What happens when we enter this new world? A quote from Reginald Cook states “as Brown goes from village to forest he passes from a conscious world to an unconscious one” (qtd in Tritt 114). It seems that we become something else entirely. It is not until we actually arrive at the mark that truly separates good and evil, that’s when our conscience starts to grip our mind. Brown’s meeting with the old man reflects when we cross ourselves with evil. It can lure us in or we can go on own accord such as Brown did. Once met, how can we refuse and turn
Intro Hawthorne’s symbolism in his stories touch many aspects in real life scenarios. The novel “Young Goodman Brown” which he wrote almost two centuries ago, discovered how civilization profound the meaning of belief. It shows how strong our faith can be dependently on a motivation towards others. Hawthorn explains how a young man lost himself to evil after his faith was taken away from him. A faith contained of the inspiration towards his own wife. Critics from all over have combined around 400 articles on “Young Goodman Brown” trying to decipher the true moral meaning of it and what Hawthorne was trying to interpret. Out of many analyses the novel has to find what the story says to us; we must apply the experiences …show more content…
Goodman Brown like us finds himself on a road of temptation to discover something new. It’s a walk of curiosity we take some time in our existence and normally comes when we are young and naïve like Brown. As Brown walks with each step becoming harder to advance, a regretful conscience haunts him as he says, “Faith kept me back a while” (Hawthorne 387). Referring to his wife as well, Hawthorn’s idea to symmetrically divide the word faith from Brown’s belief and the name of his wife symbolizes deeply how faith impacts us as beings. Hawthorne used a forest for Brown’s journey, there is no better theme for such matter to describe what kind of path he is taking. Out of curiosity we look for a new path, one that we never experience like Brown. What happens when we enter this new world? A quote from Reginald Cook states “as Brown goes from village to forest he passes from a conscious world to an unconscious one” (qtd in Tritt 114). It seems that we become something else entirely. It is not until we actually arrive at the mark that truly separates good and evil, that’s when our conscience starts to grip our mind. Brown’s meeting with the old man reflects when we cross ourselves with evil. It can lure us in or we can go on own accord such as Brown did. Once met, how can we refuse and turn