Woman as an Occasion for Disillusionment in “Young Goodman Brown”

In Nathaniel Hawthorne 's short story, especially "Young Goodman Brown", female characters seem to be an opportunity for disillusionment of the hero. Young Goodman Brown wants control over its existence, so he wants order and predictability. But intangible assets such as emotions, the future, and especially his death, were unpredictable and not specific, causing Brown's anxiety. If Brown can control invisibility, he can establish order and predictability in my world.

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.

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,

Abstract: "Young Goodman Brown" starts with a young Goodman Brown and is about to travel in the evening. His young wife, faith, asked him to postpone his journey for fear of some unknown reason. However, as Goodman Brown emphasized that his mission must be completed before sunrise, the newlyweds and married will reluctantly reluctantly. When he was walking down the street, Goodman Brown blamed himself for leaving his faith. Goodman Brown is very happy with himself, then runs through the forest and performs unknown work.