Benny Goodman

The rituals at the meeting in the forest being evil in nature, but also being so similar to a traditional Christian church service causes Young Goodman Brown to lose his faith in Christianity and in religion in general. Most church services include a time period of singing and a sermon. When Young Goodman Brown describes the structure of the meeting, he notices that, “Another verse of the hymn arose, a slow and mournful restrain of pious love, but joined to the words which expressed all that…

Now, James sends the dejected artist to his doom in order to test whether Mary Garland will, in fact, revere Roderick’s memory. And as Roderick wanders up the mountainous divide, the weather rapidly transforms into a raging tempest, which according to the locals is unprecedented. Thus provoking Mrs Hudson to cry, “Go and find him, go and find him!” (228) Despite this, Rowland convinces himself that “nothing was more probable than that Roderick had found shelter in a herdsman’s cabin.” (228) The…

“It was a dark and stormy night…” Sitting before the campfire with his fellow knights, Gwaine groaned. “Percival, it’s supposed to be a scary story. Not a dull tale with a trite start. We’re out on a dull mission! Keep us entertained.” “Fine.” The dancing firelight cast shadows across Percival’s face as his eyes narrowed. “What about a real story? Something more frightening than you can imagine. Something macabre.” Gwaine kicked up his feet onto a rock and grinned. “I am intrigued. Carry…

In the short story, Big Two-Hearted River: Part 1, by Earnest Hemingway, the main character Nick visited a burned down town, Seney. He hiked along a river in search for some part of the town that was not burned. As he was hiking along the river he was reminiscing about the town and watched the Trout swim about in the river, he kept on thinking that he was happy and had all that he needed. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of need, Nick was a self-actualized person who had reached each level of his…

The Devil and Tom Walker, and Young Goodman Brown are two works of literature that were written a good amount of time ago. Both works of literature incorporate random parts in them that I thought could go back to Mary Rowlandson. The two stories have a lot in common as well as many differences. The conflict in Tom Walker was that he didn't want to die, and for the devil to take his soul. The conflict in Young Goodman Brown was that everyone around him had been tempted by the devil.…

At the time of the Scarlet Letter, the general idea was, “Thou shall follow the will of thy Holy God.” This lead to the base of many problems amongst the people of this time period. Nathaniel Hawthorne brings the lines of judgement and forgiveness into a masterful book. Hawthorne shares the ideas that Puritans were not quite as clean as they were expected to be. One character in Hawthorne’s novel, Reverend Dimmesdale, represents the fall that might be expected by one who breaks the laws of God…

following short stories - “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Minister’s Black Veil” also by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, all have a deeper meaning than shown on paper. In all three of these short stories, the common allegory/ main idea is that looks can be deceiving. Not every person is who they seem to be on the outside and this lesson is learned by reading these three stories together. “Young Goodman Brown” implies the common…

The theme in “Young Goodman Brown” would be, looks can be deceiving. The story talks about a guy who talks about a guy who thinks all is well. Symbolism is endless in the story, I will be giving four examples with an additional example of irony/symbol. For example his wife’s name is faith. When he loses his wife not only did he lose her he lost his faith (literally). “My love and my faith”, “my faith is gone!” cried he after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth: and sins is but a…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is heavily influenced by the Puritan time. The Puritan Era was well known for it’s strict religious statutes and harsh punishment on so called “witches”. In the story Young Goodman Brown is affected by these puritans values and rituals. The Puritans believed every evil deed was caused by the devil (source 2). This is evident in “Young Goodman Brown” because as he and the devil are walking the devil says his father and grandfather had walked this…

SWBS Essay: The Cellar (by Natasha Preston) Somebody: Colin Brown is a thirty year old man, who lives in a town called Long Thorpe. He has short black hair and dark brown eyes. The town he lives in is very small. Most people know everyone living there, but not very many people know Colin. He is a very quiet and standoffish person which is part of the reason why most people don't know him. He is also friendly, but will not speak to anyone unless he is spoken to first. However, most people see…