Young Goodman Brown Essay MW.docx - Monifa Williams English...

Monifa Williams
English 410
Dr. Adams
4/30/15
“A Man who lost his Faith”
In the background of Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne references three dark events
from the Puritans’ history: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692, the puritan intolerance of the
Quakers, and King Philip’s war The Salem Witch Trials of 1692, the puritan intolerance of the
Quakers, and King Philip’s war. Hawthorne struggles with his own morality within his own
biographical framework in young goodman brown. “Hawthorne viewed his Puritan ancestors
with a mixture of pride and guilt. He felt pride in seeing the history of his own family interwoven
with that of Salem. Young Goodman Brown is a happily married man from Salem Village, and
takes pride in his community and its leaders. Young Goodman Brown is a story that has a lot of
history to it. It is also about a man who questions his faith with all these events going on.
“Hawthorne viewed his Puritan ancestors with a mixture of pride and guilt. He felt pride in
seeing the history of his own family interwoven with that of Salem. Young Goodman Brown is a
happily married man from Salem Village, and takes pride in his community and its leaders.
Young Goodman Brown is a story that has a lot of history to it. It is also about a man who
questions his faith with all these events going on.
In discussing I am going to use Reader-oriented Criticism to describe Young Goodman
Brown, because there is historical development within the story and criticism is used as well. On