Compare And Contrast Young Goodman Brown And The Minister's Black Veil

Symbolism plays a major role in the “Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It influences the setting of the story and it complements the moral message. The minister, Mr. Hooper, has a lot of faith and is very committed to helping the society to be more faithful and closer to God. He lives a very harsh live being rejected by society and goes through unpleasant moments to achieve his original goal. When he decides to wear the black veil, he was not trying to be mysterious and create a gloomy environment like he did; he had much more than that in mind. The Black Veil represents the thought of the puritans that sin was an inexcusable mistake, the secret sin and dark side in each individual, and he uses

Both authors describe the devil similarly. In the two stories, the devil craftily disguises himself as a nondescript individual, increasing the likeliness of a passerby plunging into treacherous conversation with him. Despite his efforts, the devil fails to hide some subtle clues to his identity. In “Young Goodman Brown,” “the only thing about him that could be fixed upon as remarkable was his staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake, so curiously wrought that it might almost be seen to twist and wiggle itself like a living serpent,” (Hawthorne 8-9). Likewise, in “The Devil and Tom Walker,” the man’s appearance indicates the devil since “his face was neither black nor copper-color, but swarthy, and dingy and begrimed with soot, as if he had been accustomed to toil among fires and forges,” (Irving 4). Continually, the two stories refer to the devil as a certain color: grey in “Young Goodman Brown,” and black in “The Devil and Tom Walker.” Often, people associate these mournful colors with sin and corruption, which aptly describe the devil and his work.

In the readings “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, have many differences. Even though the allegory and direct address were written in different time frames in American history, there are quite a few similarities. The differences and similarities consisted of religious influences, moral themes, the vengeance of God v. the vengeance of man, and the rolls of the people that either Edwards was preaching to and who Hawthorne was writing his allegory about.

Hawthorne writes puritanical allegories. "The Minister's black veil" and "young goodman brown", are religious allegories where the main

unawed by the veil.  To her it is merely a cloth that hides the face she most

In the short story “Young Goodman Brown,” the author Nathaniel Hawthorne shows the fragility of humans when it comes to their morality. Goodman Brown goes on a journey through the forest with the devil to watch the witches’ ritual and observes the evil in the Puritan society. He loses his faith as he sees the people he respects the most participating in the sinful ritual. Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes setting, and symbolism in his short story “Young Goodman Brown,” to show how a person’s perspective can change by showing the hypocritical nature of the Puritan society

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," Hawthorne introduces Goodman Brown, who doubts himself and reiterates his false confidence to himself repeatedly. His struggle between the evil temptations, the devil, and the proper church abiding life, is a struggle he does not think he can handle. This story is about a man who challenges his faith in himself and in the community in which he resides. Goodman Brown must venture on a journey into the local forest, refuse the temptations of the devil, and return to the village before the sunrise.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” (repr. in Thomas R. Arp, and Greg Johnson, Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, 8th ed. [Fort Worth: Harcourt, 2002] 316) is a short story with strong Puritan influence. Puritanism is a religion demanding strict moral conduct and strong faith. Puritans held that Christians should do only what the Bible commanded. Analyzing “Young Goodman Brown” is dependant upon understanding the Puritan faith. The influence of the Puritan religion is vivid in literary elements such as setting, allegory, and theme.

“These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” (New International Version Bible, Matthew 15:8). Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story utilizes extensive symbolism to merge reality with imagination and expose the duplicity of the religious. The theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, “Young Goodman Brown” is hypocrisy and can be established by Goodman Brown’s journey, epiphany, and transformation throughout the story.

In "Young Goodman Brown." Nathaniel Hawthorne considers the question of good and evil, suggesting that true evil is judging and condemning others for sin without looking at one's own sinfulness. He examines the idea that sin is part of being human and there is no escape from it.

Between the two readings “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards there are many differences but the two stories still share the same theme. The main theme these stories share is that in a strict society during a narrow-minded time people in hard times tend to fall back with losing their faith and being too weak to withstand giving into self-doubt.

He shows the main character in both stories who go along with sin but hides it. They hide their sins but as the story goes on the reader eventually realizes that everyone sins even if they seem very religious even if they are are really good person. The idea that Everyone's born into sin is shown in “young goodman brown” when he sees the whole town in the middle of the forest worshipping the devil. Going against the better belief this shows that all humans have some amount of evil within them and only faith and dedication can keep them dedicated to their faith. Young keeps his faith and keeps his evil side behind him, while mr.hooper in “the minister's black veil” lives his life in peace and keeps himself away from sin. This shows that humans can have power over their evil side and aren't completely drenched in sin and so the conflict of good and evil is resolved in both stories and when solved the stories seem more identical in message.The two stories display dark and isolated realism. Similarly written with long descriptions and puritan language. Both realize the darkness of the evil and are determined to overcome the

In Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Man of the Crowd” and “Ligeia”, and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, “Young Goodman Brown,” there is a constant presence of darkness throughout each text. The darkness displayed in these works allude to the ongoing theme of the ambiguity of sin. Both authors, Poe and Hawthorne, are considered to be Dark Romantics because they both center their works around the conflict between good and evil in every individual and showcase the dark side of human nature. In using elements from Dark Romanticism, Poe and Hawthorne create characters who struggle in their ability to find one’s own true self, resulting in character’s inability to accept and understand others because they are incapable of accepting sin, thus preventing the characters from then accepting themselves.

The Characters in “Young Goodman Brown” are meant to represent society as a whole. They show how sin can tempt any individual whose faith is still developing. D. M. Mckeithan

“Young Goodman Brown,” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835, is a short story about a man named young Goodman Brown who leaves his wife, Faith, to go on an errand into the woods with the devil. Faith begs Goodman Brown to not leave her alone, but he chooses to go anyways. This short story shows many signs of symbolism, such as the forest, the devil, the staff, the pink ribbons, Faith, sin, and guilt. These symbols help in understanding the story of young Goodman Brown and his unconscious struggle with his religion. The trip not only takes Brown onto a journey of sadness, but also into the deepest parts of his soul. Goodman Brown wishes to enter the dark forest of sin, to satisfy his