Young Goodman Brown

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Young Goodman Brown
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Allegory- A piece of literature with two or more
levels of meaning. Symbolism usually occurs in
the characters, settings, and events of the
literary piece.
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Characters
Young Goodman Brown
Events
Settings
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Characters
Young Goodman Brown
Events
Settings
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Faith
Young Goodman Brown
Characters
Minor Characters
Traveler
Young Goodman Brown
Leaves Faith
Forest
Events
Settings
Meets with traveler
Town
Night
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Allegory ---Characters

• Young Goodman Brown
• Every young, common, good man
• Faith
• Spiritual faith morality
• Traveler
• Devil

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Allegory- Settings

• Forest
• Evil
• Village
• Puritan law holiness
• Night
• Evil

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Symbolism in objects

• Pink ribbons
• Faith
• Color Pink
• mix of purity and sin
• white red (whitepurity redsin)

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Allegory---Events

• Leaves wife
• Leaves faith
• Goes on an journey
• Initiation into evil
• Meets traveler
• With the devil
• Sees good people are not good
• Baptism into evil (hypocrisy) in the world
• Ribbons fall from tree
• Loss of Faith (his wife) loss of Goodman
  Browns spiritual faith
• Returns home bitter and withdrawn
• Bitterness and guilt as a result of sin (evil)

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Theme

• A theme is an overall main idea that can be
  applied throughout the story. What is the theme
  of Young Goodman Brown?
• All men are sinners and live hypocritical lives.
• All men are sinners, yet sin can be separating
  and damaging to man.

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