Young Goodman Brown And Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Analysis

“Young Goodman Brown” and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” are related to the religious believes. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards compare his audiences to sinners, as the “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne said the “evil is the nature of mankind.” Both documents is trying to convert people to Christians or make them better Christians by scaring them. In “Young Goodman Brown,” Goodman Brown have to leave his three month married wife, Faith, along in the house for his evil purpose. He also promised to himself to be a better person after this trip. In the gloom forest, he found the man he expected. The man offered Goodman Brown a staff he carried with him, but he refused. At the moment when Goodman Brown replied that he still want to return to the village, a old woman name Goody Cloyse, the respect woman from the village, came. Goodman Brown hided from her because he’s embarrassed to be seen with the man. Goody identifies the man as the devil and told him that he is witch, on her way to the evil forest ceremony. After, the man gives Goodman Brown his staff to transport to the ceremony if he changes his mind of going back for Faith’s sake. He soon saw the minister of the church and Deacon Gookin, and they are also on their way to the ceremony. Then Goodman Brown …show more content…
For example, he uses metaphor about the bow of God’s wrath being drawn and held in the hearts of sinners. This metaphor shows that God could show his anger, but his kindness saves the sinners. Edwards also compare the sinners to spiders and serpents to make them feel that they are just a little thing on the earth. The audiences were caught by Edwards promises of eternal damnation if they won 't take the right steps. The audiences lived on the fear of the power of the god, so he was able to keep his audiences to be