Kelsey Short, Maeve Murphy, and Victoria Schoenig

Young Goodman

Brown

Nathaniel Hawthorne

•Born July 4, 1804 in Salem•American novelist and short story writer

•Married and had three children

•Not a big social life•Works are notable for we England Puritanism, personal guilt, and complex moral choices

•Died May 19, 1864 in Plymouth

The Decision to Hide

• Young Goodman Brown decided to hide from the minister and Deacon Gookin because he wanted to listen to their conversation but not be seen.

• This is like the Genesis story because Adam and Eve hid from God because they were frightened.

PLOT• EXPOSITION• CONFLICT• RISING ACTION

• CLIMAX• FALLING ACTION• RESOLUTION

EXPOSITION

Young Goodman Brown is on a street in Salem Village.

1."came forth at sunset into the street at Salem Village"

CONFLICT

Faith did not want Young Goodman Brown to go on his journey.

"Dearest heart, prithee put off your journey until sunrise and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone

woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts that she's afraid of herself sometimes."

RISING ACTION

The rising action is when Young

Goodman Brown enters the forest and

meets the devil.

"His head being turned back, he passed a crook

of the road, and, looking forward again, beheld a man, in grave

and decent attire"

CLIMAX

The climax of this story is when Young Goodman Brown is standing before the altar with Faith, about to

receive the mark of baptism from the devil.

"Bring forth the converts..." "Welcome, my children , to the communion of your race. Ye have found thus young your nature and your destiny. My children , look behind you!"

"There, all whom ye have reverenced from youth. Ye deemed them holier than yourselves, and shrank from your own sin, contrasting it with their lives of righteousness and prayerful aspirations heavenward. Yet here are they all in my worshipping

"Lo, there ye stand, my children," "Depending upon one another's hearts, ye had still that virtue were not all a dream. Now are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome again, my children, to the communion of your race."

FALLING ACTION

The falling action is when Young Goodman brown tells Faith to look up into the sky

and resist the devil.

"Faith! Faith! Look up into the heaven and resist the wicked one."

RESOLUTION

The resolution is when Young Goodman Brown is wandering in

the forest. He is determining whether what he has

experienced is a dream or a reality.

"Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a

witch-meeting?"

SYMBOLS

Salem Village

•Ominous feeling

•Witchcraft

•Keep to yourself so as to not be noticed in a bad way

The Pink Ribbons on Faith’s Cap

•Hope

•Innocence

•Mix of pure (white) and sin (red), so innocence mixed with sin as well

Goodman Brown

•Loves his wife dearly

•Fearful of the devil

•Stays faithful to God

The Staff

• Goodman Brown's companion carries this stick

• Snakes are associated with evil

• Walking sticks help someone stay stable

• This shows that the devil is helping

The Maple Stick

• The companion took a maple branch and stripped it of its small branches and leaves

• It becomes withered and old at the traveler's touch

• He gave him the stick and left Goodman Brown

• The stick is like temptation because it leads him to the devil

The Cloud

• Young Goodman Brown heard voices in a cloud

• He heard the voices of his town and Faith

• Symbolizes people who are going to the devil

LAUGHTER

• The voices of the people who have turned away from God.

HANGING TWIG AND COLD DEW

• The hanging twig is like the remaining people who have not yet turned away from God.

• The cold dew are the people who have been baptized by the devil.

• Once the twig falls from the tree the people are against God.

FEARFUL DREAM

• The fearful dream is like what life would be like if Young Goodman Brown turned away from God, lonely and full of hatred.

The Village and the Forest

VillageVillageWorships God. Worship Worships God. Worship Supposed known. Something Supposed known. Something Catholic services. SecretiveCatholic services. Secretive

Trials for witchesTrials for witches

ForestForest Worships devilWorships devil

Undoubted Undoubted unknownunknownOminousOminous

Gloomy treesGloomy trees

Change

• When Young Goodman Brown comes back to his village, he has changed

• Goodman Brown doesn't trust anyone and still thinks that they are under the influence of the devil

• Faith wants to hug him but he will not let her

• He is really the one under the influence of the devil

GOTHIC CONVENTION

• Witching Hours: full moon, darkness and night.

• Presence of the supernatural: devil, demons, demonic possessions, spirit.

• Unnatural acts of nature: the talking cloud

• Conventional Plot Devices: insanity and madness.

Allegory

• This story is an allegory because many elements in the story have double meanings (literal and symbolic)

Moral

•Evil is everywhere and it is to be avoided

•Always keep trust in God