How Young Goodman Brown Became Old Badman Brown

Nathaniel Hawthorn is a writer in the 19th century American romantic movement. Born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804, he was one of the rare writers who received praise in his life. Hawthorne uses Salem as the background of most stories such as "Red Letter", "Brisidel Romance", "Young Goodman Brown". Even today, readers appreciate the qualities of talking about the story of Hawthorne and the moral and theological problems it poses. Nathaniel Hawthorne 's work is usually full of symbolism, most of it comes from his Puritan lineage; his relatives are judges in Salem magic trials.

Puritan man, when young Goodman Brown crossed the forest, he highlighted the young Goodman Brown's potential (potential significance). During his trip, the young Goodman Brown encountered a man and finally gave a snake staff. Coincidentally, Young Goodman Brown met some people he knew from society. When drawing a man who used a snake as an employee as a devil, the young Goodman Brown noticed that many people around him are sinners. This led Young Goodman Brown to question decent people around him. This shows how Nathanial Hawthorne uses a hidden dark image as the potential of Young Goodman Brown.

He is said to be about 50 years old, similar to Young Goodman Brown. The traveler guided Young Goodman Brown into the forest while walking, urging him to continue walking. Later, the traveler became clear that it is a devil who trusted Young Goodman Brown 's falsehood as a young Goodman Brown' s grandfather. He took a snake like staff and hinted at the snake for this This is a disguised devil and I have convinced Adam and Eve to eat from good and evil trees. The supernatural nature of the devil was also revealed when he unbranched to make a new cane. It was repeatedly offered to Young Goodman Brown by the devil in the story, so this staff became a symbol of evil submission.