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Young Good Man Brown "Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story that is rich in metaphors which ultimately question the very morals and ethics of his religious society. In "Young Goodman Brown," Goodman Brown is a proud
Puritan who meets with the devil that causes him to become aware of the society he lives in. The story about Goodman Brown centers on a proud man who thinks that a meeting with the Devil can’t alter his faith in religion. ... He was a religious good person, who came from a long linage of prominent Puritans. "Young Goodman Brown" begins when Faith, Browns wife, pleads with him not to go on his "errand." Goodman Brown says to his "love and my Faith" (passage 5) that "this one night I must tarry away from thee" (passage
5). ... There is tremendous irony to this promise because when Goodman Brown comes back at dawn; he can no longer look at his wife with the same faith he had in her before. ... When
Goodman Brown finally meets with the Devil, he declares that his reason for being late was because "Faith kept me back awhile" (passage 10). ... The
Adam and Eve story is similar to Goodman Brown in that they are both seeking immeasurable amounts of knowledge. ... The Devils staff eventually leads
Goodman Brown to the Devils ceremony, which destroys Goodman Browns faith in his fellow man, therefore expelling him from his utopia. Goodman Brown almost immediately declares that he kept his meeting with the Devil and no longer wishes to continue on his errand with the Devil. He says that he comes from a "race of honest men and good Christians" and that his father had never gone on this errand and nor will he. ... These acts are ironic in that they were bad deeds done in the name of good, or God It shows that he does not come from "good
Christians. ... Afterward, Brown continues to walk with the Devil in the disbelief of what he had just witnessed. ...
Brown again decides that he will no longer to continue on his errand. ... In response, the Devil tosses Goodman Brown his staff (which will lead him out of Eden) and leaves him. Goodman Brown begins to think to himself about his situation and his pride in himself. ... As
Goodman Brown is feeling good about his strength in resisting the Devil, he hears the voices of the minister and Deacon Gookin. He overhears their conversation about a "goodly young woman to be taken in to communion" (passage 40).
Approximate Word count = 2073
Approximate Pages = 8.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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