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The article, “Carnivalesque Freedom in Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown” compared events in the story of “Young Goodman Brown” to the concept of carnivals and mockery. Not specifically stated in the article, Carnivalesque is not only suggestive to a carnival, but it also represents mocking of authority and traditional social hierarchy. The author of the article, Selina Jamil, gives multiple reasons as to why she believes that Nathaniel Hawthorne’s piece has strong use of carnivalesque. She uses…

Nathaniel Hawthorn’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorn used different writing techniques like mystery and suspense to get his readers’ attention. When reading the story from the beginning to the end, the author leaves readers with many different questions. The question that I primarily considered was “what does all of this witchcraft, mysticism and the lifestyles of the characters really mean?” Hawthorn did not want his readers to simply view “Young Goodman Brown” as just a good story…

start to follow a variety of behavioral and social guidelines that the religion sets for them. People can get caught up with religion through a very deep emotional level, that their religion will control their lives. The City of Churches is about a young girl named Cecilia, who has just moved to a new city to start a rental car business. The moment she starts to go around the city with Mr. Phillips, she realizes that there are no other buildings in the city except churches. All the people are…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “Young Goodman Brown” the desire for Goodman Brown to remain “good” was addressed. At the beginning of the story, Goodman Brown was leaving his new wife, Faith, to go on an errand he considered evil. During this errand Brown meets with a man in the forest who appears to be the devil. Goodman Brown had a distaste for the man and disapproved of their meeting because he considered himself and his family as respectable people. However, the man addressed the idea that…

In the short story “Young Goodman Brown”, Nathanial Hawthorne uses symbols such as the forest, serpent staff, Faith, and her pink ribbons in order to support the meaning of his story. The forest that Goodman Brown travels through on his errand can be seen as life and its dangers. The staff resembles a serpent that can be seen as a symbol of an evil being or demon. Faith can symbolize Goodman Brown’s religious faith. And lastly, Faith’s pink ribbons can display Faith as a symbol of purity and…

Through two different journeys, “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Araby” by James Joyce, we see messages expressed through the use of symbolism. Symbolism is used as “a substitute for the elements being signified” and they allow authors to provide a more meaningful message than a mere description could (332). In “Young Goodman Brown” and “Araby” we see similarities in the use of symbolism to explore questions about religious faith and the protagonists’ search for answers; but…

After reading Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorn, the theme of the story has been found to be the loss of happiness and trust. After experiencing an extremely traumatizing event, Goodman Brown lost his trust in the people around him. He felt as if everyone was against him, even his wife. He no longer felt that the people around him were good Christian men and women but instead he thought that they were working with the devil. This symbolizes his loss in trust. His loss in happiness comes…

The Diary of A Young Girl contains journal entries written by a thirteen year old named Anne Frank. Anne Frank is a Jewish girl that is given a diary on her thirteenth birthday. Her first entry dates back to June 12th, 1942. (1) She writes about boys, friends, grades, and daily thoughts. (5-18) Her sister, Margot Frank, receives a call up for a German Work camp. A day after, Anne and her family go into hiding. Together, she hides with seven other people in the “Secret Annex.” (21-30) During the…

"Young Goodman Brown” Supporting Self- Guidance “Young Goodman Brown” was written in 1835 by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne lived in the Puritan times when an individual coming up with his or her own ideas or actions was frowned upon. A person was expected to act along the terms of the bible. The theme of this story appears to be that it is important for a person to recognize what their instinct is trying to tell them because only that person knows what is best for them, not…

For my final essay, I have chosen Young Goodman Brown because the it is about the battle between good and evil, and how positive and negative activity plays a role in our lives and around the world. In the story of “Young Goodman Brown”, it takes place in Salem and there live a man name Goodman Brown, he is battling with good and evil until his wife, Faith is taken and she has turned evil cause Goodman Brown to believe that there is no good in the world. One day, Goodman Brown is in the forest…