As Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous short story, such as the young Goodman Brown, the minister's black veil and the birth, was exploring the long-standing theme of the American moral struggle, it should be considered some of the amazing pieces of American literature is. The short story shows a wonderful command of a symbol and a fable. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. Hawthorn's father was a family of Puritans who decided, he was the chief judge of the Salem Witch trial.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. His family lineage is Puritan family, his mother and father, Elizabeth and Nathaniel were brought up by Puritan's family. Hawthorn 's ancestors included Major, William Hawthorne, one of the earliest Puritan settlers in the United States, and Joe Hawthorn, the Supreme Judge of the Salem Witch Trial. After his father died, Nathaniel was only 4 years old, so he was living a lonely life with his mother. Hawthorne (using the spelling of this name) had lived a sedentary life in this environment, but he finally came to know the "ordinary" child's life. Nathaniel is very pleased with this newly discovered life When the theme of continuing education appeared, he said, "Ah, no ... I was born to not live forever ... life and death are water It is as peaceful and peace as the pool of. "
Nathaniel Hawthorne is a prolific writer who weaves some of the most famous stories in American literature. Hawthorn's work tends to focus on the theme of sin by Puritan, but he usually criticizes Puritan's ideals. Among Hawthorn's works ("Young Goodman Brown", "The Minister's Black Veil", "Red Letter", etc.), there is a character life outside the Puritan community and it can be classified as an outsider's story I will. Young Goodman Brown, Pastor Hooper, Arthur Dimsdale and Hester Prinen are outsiders of their community, but these characteristics are unique in that they choose to become outsiders.
"Young Goodman Brown" is a short story published by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835. This story shows the Calvinist / Puritan belief that all human beings are in a degenerate state, done in the general scene of Puritan New England, Hawthorne's work, but God already fate to overcome obsolete It was in. Grace of unconditional election. Hawthorne often pays attention to tension in Puritan culture, but it is steep in Puritan's sin. This story tells the story of self test of Jan Goodman Brown in a symbolic way and leads him to lose his virtue and belief.