The Old Manse

bed tonight. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she’s afeard of herself, sometimes.” Brown assures to his wife that he will be safe and tells her to pray and look to god. Brown ends up meeting an old man deep in to the woods at nighttime. The old man knew Brown’s father and grandfather as they discuss about some things that go on around town. Brown constantly reiterates…

1. (a) The Devil offers Tom Walker Kidd the pirate’s booty. (b) Tom first refused because he wanted to talk with his wife about it first. 2. (a) Tom’s wife disappears in the forest and later on Tom finds her apron with a heart and a liver in it. (b) You can learn Tom did not care for his wife and was very much pleased with the loss of his wife. 3. (a) Tom agrees to become an usher for the Devil if he got Kidd the pirate’s booty. (b) As the story progress, Tom starts to go to church and carries…

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" surrounds a man who wishes nothing more than to remove a birthmark from his wife’s otherwise beautiful face so that she might embrace perfection. It reflects the ideologies of the society that Hawthorne lived in that was inundated in the fascination of science. Even more so, through “The Birthmark,” Hawthorne uses symbolism and allusion to venture deep into a more philosophical interpretation of his understanding of the human nature that he believes is…

Young Goodman Brown discovers the devil in the forest just outside of the town of Salem. However, even though the devil is typically depicted as a red beast complete with a set of horns, hooves, and a pitch fork, Young Goodman Brown interacts with an old man resembling his grandfather. Seeing this, Goodman Brown sees a friend in the devil, that is until he finds out…

At the end of the story when Faith goes to greet Goodman when he comes back from the forest she is wearing pink ribbons again that symbolizes her return to Christianity and goodness. The Staff The staff symbolizes a demon. The staff shows that the old man is more of a demon than he is…

Along with “Fences”, many other texts also show manipulation occurring from grudges, revenge and feuds. In the short story “The Interlopers” by Saki, two characters, Ulrich and Georg had bitterness over the judgement of a piece of forest land in the Carpathians and who it had belonged too. One evening, the two men had met in the forest in a treacherous storm and a huge tree had feel upon them and crushed them. While being stuck, they both debated on how both their men would find them first, save…

The Hidden Meaning in Everything Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the story of “Young Goodman Brown” is a dark tale written in the form of an allegory. To understand this short story, one must assume everything has a hidden meaning. On the surface, this story is about a man who ventures into the woods outside his village where he encounters a pagan ritual. Upon close reading, one discovers the story has a deeper purpose—its examination of religious beliefs. “Young Goodman Brown” symbolizes…

The village of Sleepy Hollow was dark and gloomy. A crow is perched on the sign waiting for it’s prey to wander the dark streets.The street was so foggy one couldn’t see across the empty streets of the village.Off in the you could see a figure of a man on a horse.Who is this man on this horse? Brom Bones is a man in the village of Sleepy Hollow who wants to marry this beautiful girl named Katrina VanTassell. Brom Bones has one major obstacle in his way. The obstacle is Ichabod Crane a school…

Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett) Waiting for Godot is a play about two men seeking for hope and salvation, Vladimir and Estragon. In a country road (Beckett,1) with a single tree on a hill, they patiently waited aimlessly for someone whose arrival is uncertain, Godot. This play falls under tragedy and comedy. Tragic, in a sense that they are hoping for a day that Godot might come but all that is happening to them are just repeated incidence of the past days, and comedy because there are…

“A country road. A tree. Evening.” These stage directions preface Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy “Waiting for Godot.” In the play, two men meet on this sparse, forlorn stage and attempt to make sense of their obscure world through encounters with mysterious characters and the prospects of finding purpose upon the arrival of a character they call Godot. The two men, Estragon and Vladimir, experience very little action or significant adventure in regards to the plot. Still, Beckett, regarded by some…