Goodman Brown Historical Perspective

The historical perspective of Goodman Brown The story Young Goodman Brown was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835.The story itself is about a man named Young Goodman Brown who leaves home to go to the forest for some unknown and and ulatemly unimportant errand. While in the forest he meets a man who both dressed and looks oddly similar to him the man also carries a snake like staff. As they walk together they run into Goody Cloyse she is an older woman who Goodman as know since he was a child. She complains about the need to walk the older man throw his staff on the ground for her and than leave with Goodman. When he hears his wife's voice in the trees, he calls out but is not answered. He then runs angrily through the forest, distraught that his wife is lost somewhere in the forest. He soon stumbles upon a clearing at midnight where all the townspeople assembled. At the ceremony, which is carried out at a flame-lit altar of rocks, the newest acolytes are brought forth—Goodman Brown and Faith. They are the only two of the townspeople not yet
To convey the setting, he used the language of the period is to enhance the setting. Hawthorne gives the characters specific names that depict abstract pure and wholesome beliefs, such as "Young Goodman Brown" and "Faith". The characters' names do not represent who the characters are by the end of the story. The inclusion of this technique was to provide a definite contrast and irony. Hawthorne aims to critique the ideals of Puritan society and express his disdain for it, thus illustrating the difference between the appearance of those in society and their true