Category: Young Goodman Brown

Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for interest in Puritan faith and how he incorporates that into his stories. Young Goodman Brown is a perfect example of this, for the characters Puritan values play a huge role to the stories meaning. The first time reading through this story, it was unclear on what Nathaniel Hawthrone was trying…

Introduction to ‘Young Goodman Brown’ and Its Themes The short story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne may show that the people who appear represent morality have secrets to hide and overall wickedness exists in every human. My thesis may be misinterpreted; I do not mean to explicitly state that everyone is mischievous. Hawthorne himself…

The question of understanding and interpreting literature is one of those that have kept all great minds thinking. The question of history, in its turn, is even more controversial, as it has been written and re-written so many times that we cannot be sure which version to take as granted. However, history is not only…