Truth? or Dream?
In a world where life is a symbol for everything, with demons lurking in every corner, and people believing in a common lie; a man named Young Goodman Brown was permanently affected. In the story, “Young Goodman Brown,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown witnesses a mysterious ceremony, that will scorn his mind with the Devil’s presence. Near the conclusion of the story, many are stuck wondering if Goodman Brown experienced the reality of the Devil’s ceremony/journey to the forest or the tricks of an atrocious nightmare. The sensations that Goodman Brown experiences in his duration in the forest was a dream, because there was hints of what was to come, the setting afterward was undisturbed, there was evidence of a dream, and he was the only one affected. At the beginning of the story, Goodman Brown was talking with his wife about leaving for the night. His wife seemed to hint at what was to come later in the story, “...is troubled with such dreams...afraid of herself sometimes.” She seemed to show that not her, but Goodman Brown would experience troublesome dreams that night. She did not doubt her husband, although knew what was to come that night. In addition he became afraid of everyone around him including himself.
Young Goodman Brown never expected to encounter himself trapped in a …show more content…
He heard many terrifying sounds, “The whole forest was peopled with frightful sounds…” These sounds could not have been created reality but only in dreams. There was too many different sounds at the same time and place to have been true. Also, the story mentions that the staff, “...seemed to fly along the forest path…” This displays the staff gave Goodman brown the opportunity to fly through the forest to his destination. The staff in reality had no such powers of carrying a man through a
In a world where life is a symbol for everything, with demons lurking in every corner, and people believing in a common lie; a man named Young Goodman Brown was permanently affected. In the story, “Young Goodman Brown,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown witnesses a mysterious ceremony, that will scorn his mind with the Devil’s presence. Near the conclusion of the story, many are stuck wondering if Goodman Brown experienced the reality of the Devil’s ceremony/journey to the forest or the tricks of an atrocious nightmare. The sensations that Goodman Brown experiences in his duration in the forest was a dream, because there was hints of what was to come, the setting afterward was undisturbed, there was evidence of a dream, and he was the only one affected. At the beginning of the story, Goodman Brown was talking with his wife about leaving for the night. His wife seemed to hint at what was to come later in the story, “...is troubled with such dreams...afraid of herself sometimes.” She seemed to show that not her, but Goodman Brown would experience troublesome dreams that night. She did not doubt her husband, although knew what was to come that night. In addition he became afraid of everyone around him including himself.
Young Goodman Brown never expected to encounter himself trapped in a …show more content…
He heard many terrifying sounds, “The whole forest was peopled with frightful sounds…” These sounds could not have been created reality but only in dreams. There was too many different sounds at the same time and place to have been true. Also, the story mentions that the staff, “...seemed to fly along the forest path…” This displays the staff gave Goodman brown the opportunity to fly through the forest to his destination. The staff in reality had no such powers of carrying a man through a