Young Goodman Brown's Apocalypse
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Most criticism and reflection of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young
Goodman Brown centers on a good versus evil theme. Critics also debate
interpretations of the main character's consciousness; is Brown awake or
dreaming. What is certain is that he lives and dies in pain because his
belief in his righte ....
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.... shores of
experience" (Martin). Brown has a curiosity that "kills" his naive
outlook on life and changes him until his death. He has a mission to go
into the forest and meet the devil. A mission that he begins out of
curiosity and a "deep need to see if the teachings of his childhood, his
religion, and his culture, have armed him sufficiently to look the devil in
the face and return unscathed" (Hodara 1). The symbol of the forest, late
at night, can be interpreted as the untamed regions o ....
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