John Brown

‘Young Goodman Brown’ by Nathaniel Hawthorn explores the significance of the cultural society. Nathaniel Hawthorn wanted to distance himself from idea of Puritanism and created his own philosophy. Salem is a common topic for Hawthorns’ works; in Young Goodman Brown leaves his wife Faith to go on a spiritual journey towards self-scrutiny. Faith does not wish for him to leave but he tells her to stay and say her prayers. Brown is left feeling guilty and doubtful, but ventures on into the forest.…

the story and relate to the writings on a personal level, causing you to dig deeper into the story and really have a fuller understanding of the material. While reading Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, my final take away was most likely different than others because I placed myself in the shoes of Good Brown and saw myself as the young and vulnerable man running through the woods with old witches and deceiving pastors. I think that his response is nothing worse than I would have…

Goodman Brown remains a symbol of sin, isolation, guilt, and mystery. Hawthorn is able to communicate the meaning behind his story by returning to his Puritan past in the 1800`s. Through the multiple characters, themes, symbols, and images, Hawthorn’s deeper meaning in the story is expressed by demonstrating the fight within every human being, such as the struggle between right and wrong, good and evil, and innocent and guilty. Many of Hawthorns readers are left wondering if Goodman Brown…

“Young Goodman Brown” was written around the 1830s, which is roughly about a hundred and eighty years ago and gives us an insight on how Hawthorne feels. In the story he refers to how his grandfather’s and father’s doings are part of the devil. Hawthorne felt remorseful…

“Young Goodman Brown” This essay will compare two short stories: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown and Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game. Works do not have similarities at the first sight. Stories are about a century apart (were published in 1835 and 1924 respectively), have different plots, types of characters and conclusions. However, it is possible to make a comparison and find both similarities and differences in these stories. Events in the Young Goodman Brown took place in…

When John confesses, he realizes he may have a little bit of good in him, and is not afraid to be hung as a witch. When the minister confesses, he tells the entire town that everyone sins. After confessing he is eligible to let his daughter kiss him in public and die a happy man. Even though both works have a common theme, they develop a plot in a different way. The common theme allows the authors something that is different in both works and uses symbolism in each. In “The Crucible” John…

“Time in the forest could perhaps be interpreted as a period of personal development. A rite of passage perhaps?” (Gaunt 2). In the article titled, “The Fairytale Forest - a Source of Symbolism” written by Justine Gaunt, describes the true change that can occur in the forest leaving such an impression on those who experience it, that it in a sense is a coming of age. The forest has many figurative and literal symbols within it such as a new beginning or fear, but also can symbolize earth and the…

ENG 112W: The travelogue, “A Walk in the Woods,” depicts a laborious, seemingly never-ending hike through the Appalachian Trail in the voice of the author’s, Bill Bryson’s, alter-ego. By following the unfit pair of Bill Bryson and Stephen Katz, I learn of their perseverance despite the graveness of their journey and their shortcomings. Through the progression of the Appalachian Trail, the pair encounter problems that encourage them to unknowingly stray from the trail, trying to deter them from…

kingdom with complete and utter silence. And there was no sun. The forest was cloaked in this booming, resonant color of green that felt like it was going to knock me off my feet, and then steal the breathe out of my body. I was following a small brown path that was dotted with the most magnificent marbled rocks I have ever seen, and I knew exactly where I was going. At least, my dream self knew exactly where I was going. I woke up before I got to my destination, but I imagine it was a…

With a ruin standing strong in the night, a lone traveler passes by, using the light behind the never-ending barrage of clouds as his only compass. The twisted trees find home in the grassy plain bordering the trodden path to the right as the darkness closes in and a peaceful desolation takes into place. A dark and foreboding oil painting on canvas, Arnold Böcklin’s Mondscheinlandschaft mit Ruine, or Ruins in Moonlit Landscape, capture and illuminate the idea of the picturesque beauty of…