Benny Goodman

Nathaniel Hawthorne writes the short story “Young Goodman Brown” to examine the internal struggle of a young man to retain belief and faith in the good in the world amongst the discovery of evil in the world. Hawthorne carries a third-person narrative persona for the length of the story, with a dynamic protagonist to establish the allegorical treatment of innocence and sin. Hawthorne, with an equally horrified and admiring impression of the witch trials, modeled supporting characters after his…

The short story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne has many possible interpretations. One such understanding of the story is as follows: Goodman Brown caused his miserable life after the events in the forest. This interpretation is reached by looking through the lens of Brown’s own culture. Brown was raised in a culture that valued Christianity heavily, raising their children to believe it and basing their laws and morals around the scriptures. It’s quite possible that as a result…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story Young Goodman Brown, Goodman Brown realizes that everyone has a capability for evil, and that there is no hope for mankind. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses ambiguity to leave the readers with questions, and to put them in a similar place of confusion and paranoia to Goodman Brown. While in the forest Goodman Brown has a run in with the devil, who shows him the maliciousness of those he had once thought pure (Hawthorne 4). He finds that nearly everyone in town had malignant…

past, and how the specific event affected the rest of their lives. From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story Young Goodman Brown, to Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Cask of Amontillado, one can find that from these stories, the main character finds guilt in themselves, feeling apart at the end, and have learned the lesson of not trusting anyone. Guilt occurs in the actions you take. Hawthorne makes Goodman Brown do the wrong, giving him a feeling of guilt. “He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the…

James Tervort Hicken English 11 7 October 2015 Goodman Symbolism Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” tells the story of a man whose beliefs and faiths are or on the brink of destruction from temptation. Goodman Brown loses his belief in humanity when he discovers that the devils followers are all around us and every man has an evil spirit within himself. A different reaction would have been to accept the problems with man, and use that to get along better with others. We all sin, nobody…

They are forgiven Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter hoping he had shown forgiveness for his father's mistakes. He wanted to make statements for example, “Be True” and “Everyone is Forgiven”. In the story Hawthorne had it seem as if everyone had shown forgiveness. When he wrote the characters that had died he wrote about the good things that they did or the good things that happened to them before they died. The characters that lived went on to live happy successful lives. Hawthorne had…

Nathaniel Hawthorne provides the biggest intimation in his fictional novel, The Scarlet Letter, to shape the path of the characters. He introduces Hester Prynne living in a faithful Puritan world that degrades her because of her misdeed. Hawthorne illustrates a brighter rosebush in a dark environment that guides characters from shame to redemption. Although the rosebush can be seen as an aspiration within the darkness through the eyes of the prisoners, its scarlet luminosity embodies a token of…

Hester Prynne, Guilty As Sin Despite what Hawthorne intends us to think, D.H. Lawrence writes to expose the malicious side of Hester Prynne in his critical essay, “On The Scarlet Letter”. To convey his reasoning, he provides context and analysis of her character and her actions throughout the novel. Lawrence uses sarcastic tone, biblical allusions, and choppy and repetitive syntax to prove that Hester Prynne is not a heroine in the Scarlet Letter. Lawrence presents a sarcastic tone in order…

"Brownies" a short story by ZZ Packer is around a troop of Brownies away at a mid year camp called Camp Crescendo. "Brownies" are somewhat like young lady scouts. The story takes after an all dark troop of brownies that while at camp have somewhat of a contention with the all white, Troop 909. When they arrive a portion of the young ladies wonder why they are at camp with white young ladies, and afterward they know. The "pioneer" Arnetta discovers that troop 909 is of exceptional needs and feels…

Bedingfield 1 Kalyn Bedingfield Hensley English 11 Honors/ First Period 09 September 2018 Part 2: Author Biography Nathaniel Hawthorne is a famous writer known for his use of allegory and symbolism. He was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem Massachusetts. Hawthorne suffered a leg injury at an early age of his life, during this time he developed a love for reading and found the love for writing. His father passed away from yellow fever in 1808. The death of Hawthorne’s father left him and his…