In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown” religion is called into question and faith is tested. Being a person of faith, or committing to a religion can be very problematical for men. One could only assume that like Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne went through horrid events and questioned all that was around him. In the story we the readers see the way Brown is a “good man” a “man of faith” and a believer of Heaven. All men have doubts; in the story, Brown seems ignorant of this. The fall of Young Goodman Brown is due to his absence of faith, curiosity, and dependence on others in his faith.
At the beginning of the story, the reader can portray Young Goodman Brown as an honorable man of faith. As the reader continues the …show more content…
In my perspective, it would convey the expression as if Goodman Brown is being forced to take such journey, but he then says, “My journey… must needs be done ‘twixt now and sunrise.” (Hawthorne 1) telling the reader he is taking this journey voluntarily and expects to be back in no time. He then goes through the forest which seems to be forbidden for people like him, or out of the ordinary to find such holy people in such a “dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest” (Hawthorne 2). Like any other man Goodman Brown is curious and somewhat fears what lies in the forest. When he enters the forest, he ”glanced fearfully behind him” (Hawthorne 2) fearing the devil would appear to him. This shows the internal conflict, he has to himself as a “man of …show more content…
The devil, of course, plays out a big role to Goodman Brown because he feeds Young Goodman Brown’s curiosity and shows him the truth about the community. While he walks and talks with the devil Young Goodman brown sees many familiar faces which are shocking to him because one was the women who taught him his catechism, the other being the deacon and then the reverend. At this point, this shows how Young Goodman Brown begins to see the evil or corrupt in the world. How could one talk about the bible and drink wine with the devil himself on any other given day? This made Young Goodman Brown uncomfortable and displeased. This was the beginning of his fall, it wasn’t until he saw Faith, his wife there too that he found himself to be lost and not know what to
At the beginning of the story, the reader can portray Young Goodman Brown as an honorable man of faith. As the reader continues the …show more content…
In my perspective, it would convey the expression as if Goodman Brown is being forced to take such journey, but he then says, “My journey… must needs be done ‘twixt now and sunrise.” (Hawthorne 1) telling the reader he is taking this journey voluntarily and expects to be back in no time. He then goes through the forest which seems to be forbidden for people like him, or out of the ordinary to find such holy people in such a “dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest” (Hawthorne 2). Like any other man Goodman Brown is curious and somewhat fears what lies in the forest. When he enters the forest, he ”glanced fearfully behind him” (Hawthorne 2) fearing the devil would appear to him. This shows the internal conflict, he has to himself as a “man of …show more content…
The devil, of course, plays out a big role to Goodman Brown because he feeds Young Goodman Brown’s curiosity and shows him the truth about the community. While he walks and talks with the devil Young Goodman brown sees many familiar faces which are shocking to him because one was the women who taught him his catechism, the other being the deacon and then the reverend. At this point, this shows how Young Goodman Brown begins to see the evil or corrupt in the world. How could one talk about the bible and drink wine with the devil himself on any other given day? This made Young Goodman Brown uncomfortable and displeased. This was the beginning of his fall, it wasn’t until he saw Faith, his wife there too that he found himself to be lost and not know what to