Right away, the sexton noticed that Mr. Hooper had a black veil on his face.
Everything on his face was covered except his mouth and chin, I think this was because his smile and words are important to the mood of the story.
The people begin to believe that Mr. Hooper had committed a sin and was using the veil to hide from God. Hawthorne had done something like this in The Scarlet Letter when Hester had to wear the “A”.
“Yet perhaps the pale-faced congregation was almost of fearful a sight to the minister, as his black veil to them.” (2) Showed us that the congregation was afraid of the veil, but Mr. Hooper was also afraid of how they would react to him wearing the veil.
Ironically his first sermon was about secret sins, and mysteries we hide …show more content…
Young Goodman Brown
It jumped out to me that his wife’s name is Faith, and it said he shares a parting kiss with his wife. On this night he is parting from not only his wife Faith, but also his faith in others and God.
As we saw in The Scarlet Letter, the forest is a place of evil and it is where the devil resides.
When Goody Cloyse is seen walking towards them on the path, Goodman Brown jumps off the path and into the woods. This surprised me because earlier he said he was afraid that there were evil indians behind every tree.
I think that at this point Goodman was so worried that he would be seen with the devil, that he didn’t care about the evil things in the forest.
The pink ribbon falling stood out to me as being very important. It resembled Faith’s innocence being lost, but it also resembled Goodman losing faith in his whole community.
Did Goody Cloyse go an get Faith and bring her in front of the altar with Goodman or did she wander there herself?
Goodman Brown finds himself leaning against a rock, in a calm place compared to the burning trees and roaring wind. Does this mean that he successfully resisted the
Everything on his face was covered except his mouth and chin, I think this was because his smile and words are important to the mood of the story.
The people begin to believe that Mr. Hooper had committed a sin and was using the veil to hide from God. Hawthorne had done something like this in The Scarlet Letter when Hester had to wear the “A”.
“Yet perhaps the pale-faced congregation was almost of fearful a sight to the minister, as his black veil to them.” (2) Showed us that the congregation was afraid of the veil, but Mr. Hooper was also afraid of how they would react to him wearing the veil.
Ironically his first sermon was about secret sins, and mysteries we hide …show more content…
Young Goodman Brown
It jumped out to me that his wife’s name is Faith, and it said he shares a parting kiss with his wife. On this night he is parting from not only his wife Faith, but also his faith in others and God.
As we saw in The Scarlet Letter, the forest is a place of evil and it is where the devil resides.
When Goody Cloyse is seen walking towards them on the path, Goodman Brown jumps off the path and into the woods. This surprised me because earlier he said he was afraid that there were evil indians behind every tree.
I think that at this point Goodman was so worried that he would be seen with the devil, that he didn’t care about the evil things in the forest.
The pink ribbon falling stood out to me as being very important. It resembled Faith’s innocence being lost, but it also resembled Goodman losing faith in his whole community.
Did Goody Cloyse go an get Faith and bring her in front of the altar with Goodman or did she wander there herself?
Goodman Brown finds himself leaning against a rock, in a calm place compared to the burning trees and roaring wind. Does this mean that he successfully resisted the