Noticing other people's flaws and mistakes are easy to notice but when roles are reversed it is hard to take criticism for our own wrong doings. The renowned psychiatrist Carl Jung suggests that, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” The main characters of the “Birthmark” and “Young Goodman Brown” disprove what the psychiatrist stated. Neither of the main characters, Aylmer nor Goodman Brown could realize their own wrongdoings which later resulted in their down fall. The two men Aylmer and Goodman Brown prove that not everyone can better themselves from getting irritated by others imperfections. In “The Birthmark,” Aylmer the brilliant scientist was clouded in his judgement by his obsession
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Young Goodman Brown’s loss of faith and his failure to resist evil disproves Jung’s statement. Faith, the wife of Goodman Brown represents religious faith and innocence, but he cannot see that as his judgement was clouded by the only evil in her that he saw. Goodman Brown’s loss of faith eventually led to his further corruption, “My faith is gone!.. There is not good on earth; and sin is but a name come, devil; for to thee is this world given.”(30) His loss of faith disproves Jung’s statement because when he saw Faith in the woods he did not come to the self reflection that he himself was also sinning, but he only saw that he was losing her as a person rather than seeing that all of his faith had vanished. Goodman Brown’s resistance to evil was broken when he took the walking staff from the devil. The old man that Goodman Brown meets in the woods represents the devil and anything the devil touches represents evil including the maple stick that he replaced his walking staff with. While in the woods Goodman Brown does not realize that the walking stick represents evil and he accepts it from the devil without knowing his sin, “...there is my staff to help you along.. he threw his companion the maple stick..”(28) The farther down the path in the woods that Goodman Brown traveled the more evil began to
Young Goodman Brown’s loss of faith and his failure to resist evil disproves Jung’s statement. Faith, the wife of Goodman Brown represents religious faith and innocence, but he cannot see that as his judgement was clouded by the only evil in her that he saw. Goodman Brown’s loss of faith eventually led to his further corruption, “My faith is gone!.. There is not good on earth; and sin is but a name come, devil; for to thee is this world given.”(30) His loss of faith disproves Jung’s statement because when he saw Faith in the woods he did not come to the self reflection that he himself was also sinning, but he only saw that he was losing her as a person rather than seeing that all of his faith had vanished. Goodman Brown’s resistance to evil was broken when he took the walking staff from the devil. The old man that Goodman Brown meets in the woods represents the devil and anything the devil touches represents evil including the maple stick that he replaced his walking staff with. While in the woods Goodman Brown does not realize that the walking stick represents evil and he accepts it from the devil without knowing his sin, “...there is my staff to help you along.. he threw his companion the maple stick..”(28) The farther down the path in the woods that Goodman Brown traveled the more evil began to