The Allegorical Nature of “Young Goodman Brown”

Nathaniel Hawthorn is a man with a long American history. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he is from the Hathorne family and his history dates back to the original American Puritan. Indeed, Hawthorne added his name to 'W' to distinguish himself from the famous judge John Hawthorne in Salim Witch trials. Hawthorn is a famous Gothic writer in a romantic period; some of his famous work includes the following: "Scarlet Letter", "House of Seven Gables" and "Young Goodman Brown" ( Meltzer).

"Young Goodman Brown" is full of fable about Puritan 's religion. The name of the character of "Young Goodman Brown" is the deepest example of parable stories affected by Puritanism. The name of the hero's Goodman Brown is not just a name. For example, the name "Goodman Brown" depicts this role as a kind moral character. Goodman Brown's wife, Faith, has a name that will help to explain the collapse of Goodman Brown. After seeing the faith in the forest, Goodman Brown cried out, "My faith has disappeared!" (323). His wife, faith disappeared with his spiritual beliefs. We first saw that Goodman Brown is a moral Puritan.

Hawthorn's works are full of symbolic elements and allegorical elements. "Young Goodman Brown" is mainly about traditional allegorical elements such as Young Goodman Brown and Faith. By writing his short stories and novels, he explained sin based on the fact that his father and grandfather committed a great crime. In this short story there are two heroes, Faith and Young Goodman Brown. "Young Goodman Brown is a 17th century New England who usually gives clues, he is the son of Old Adam and has recently been linked to faith, at the beginning of the sentence, each word is all important: Goodman Brown appeared in the village sale city at dusk, but after crossing the limits he turned his head to exchange a parting kiss with a young wife, "She says" until sunrise We will ask him to postpone the trip, but he declared that he could not do it ...

The theme of Young Goodman Brown is to develop an interpretation of the theme of "Young Goodman Brown". Due to the author 's confused style, a clear concept with the theme "Young Goodman Brown" is not easy. As AN Kaul mentioned in Hawthorne's "Introduction" - a collection of essential essays: Hawthorne got a lot with various types of avoidance, misunderstanding, and congestion. Regarding his legendary legend and faded novel, in short, since he seems to give up his important interests often,