Young Goodman Brown: Everyone Is Capable Of Sin
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"Young Goodman Brown," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is an excellent
short story from the 1800's. In this short story Hawthorne's main
character, Goodman Brown, goes out into the woods with the devil and is
tempted by the devil each step of the way. In “Young Goodman Brown,”
Hawthorne uses charact ....
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.... conversation later reveals Goody is a witch and is on her way to the
Black Sabbath. Shortly afterwards, as Goodman was resting, Deacon Gookin,
Goodman's other spiritual advisor, walks by with a minister. He and the
minister are talking about missing a church ordination dinner to attend the
satanic gathering. The deacon says,'”Besides several of the Indian powwows,
who, after their fashion know almost as much deviltry as the best of us,'”
(311). The whole time Goodman is on the trail ....
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