Young Goodman Brown

Who wrote Young Goodman Brown

Nathaniel Hawthorne

What is the author’s connection to witchcraft

He is a descendent of Judge Hathorne

What is American Romanticism

• individualism

• beauty and power of nature

1st major event

Brown walks into the woods, leaving Salem and Faith behind

who is Faith, what does she represent

Brown’s wife, she represents his faith in humanity

2nd major event

Brown meets the mysterious traveler

3rd major event

Brown discovers other townspeople in the forest

4th major event

Brown stumbles onto the ritual where he and Faith and are last initiates

whats the ending

Brown gets depressed and dies

what does the forest represent

the natural world, a place where evil hides

what does “devilish Indian” represent

colonial thinking and evangelism

what do snakes represent

the Devil

what is “"My Faith is gone!" similar to?

John Proctor’s “there is no God” in The Crucible

what is the significance of “Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome, again, my children, to the communion of your race!"

• Hawthorne tried living in an idealistic community but left disillusioned

• nature of humanity is evil

what is the idea about social classes?

the Devil rubs shoulders with all walks of life

what does the church represent

corruption

which witch does the main character meet

Goody Cloyse

What must you write about?

• Rolling Stone’s Sympathy For The Devil - “stole many a man’s soul and faith)