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young goodman brown questions
answer the following questions

1)where is brown’s destination at the beginning the the story? why does brown continue even if he knows his intentions are evil?

2) why does the traveller state: “ha! ha! ha! . well, go on, goodman brown, go on; but, prithee, don’t kill me with laughing” and what does this reveal about brown?

3) what does goodman brown find at the meeting?

4) how does this meeting change brown?
5) how does brown’s exclamation of: my faith is gone! ” work on more than one level?

6) symbolism is using an object or word to represent an abstract idea. an example in literature would be spring to represent a new beginning or winter to represent death. explain how the following are symbolic in the story:
a) faith’s pink ribbons:
b) the traveller: the devil
c) the serpent staff:
d)the black mass of clouds:

7) select an element of contrast in this story and discuss its purpose.

8) hawthorne uses much ambiguity in this story; what purpose does it serve?
what might hawthorne be suggesting about human nature when he states:
“it was strange to see that the good shrank not from the wicked, not were the sinners abashed by the saints. scattered also among their pale-faced enemies were the indian priests, or powwows . .”

9) “young goodman brown” can be considered a form of criticism. what, exactly, is hawthorne criticizing?
what external forces goodman brown define himself?

10) what external forces you define yourself?

11) could goodman brown represent an everyman? could you be goodman brown?