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"Dismayed" would be an appropriate word to describe Goodman Brown at the end of Hawthorne's story. He is shocked and troubled by what he witnessed in the forest, leading him to view the world and the people around him in a different light.
Dramatic narrative
"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story about a man named Goodman Brown who ventures into the forest one night and encounters various characters, including the devil. The story explores themes of sin, temptation, and the loss of innocence. Goodman Brown's journey raises questions about the nature of evil and the fragility of human morality. The story ends ambiguously, leaving readers to interpret whether Goodman Brown's experience was real or a dream.
The devil takes the form of a older man with a walking stick shaped like a snake. This is from the story Young Goodman Brown written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Faith and Goodman Brown have been married for about three months. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Young Goodman Brown," the couple's recent marriage is highlighted, emphasizing their youthful love and the innocence of their relationship before Goodman Brown embarks on his fateful journey into the forest.
In "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this sentence indicates that the wizard in the story follows a different faith or belief system than what Goodman Brown has been taught. It suggests that the wizard worships a different deity than the Christian God in the Puritan society portrayed in the story, highlighting the theme of temptation and the questioning of one's faith.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown, it seems likely that the experience of Goodman Brown in the woods was a dream. But Nathaniel Hawthorne purposefully does not answer the question. The story is laced with the words 'seemingly' and 'appeared' to make both Goodman Brown and the reader question whether the scenes in the forest actually happened. The snake staff seems to wriggle like a live snake. The voices in the woods sound like Deacon Gookin and the pastor. There are no concrete pieces of evidence.What's important is that Young Goodman Brown behaves as if the witch meeting and the Devil's initiation ceremony in the forest were real. Goodman Brown lives a gloomy life, never again trusting his neighbors, not even his wife. Goodman Brown's response to his experience is similar to the real-life inhabitants of Salem during the infamous Salem witch trials.
A sustained foreboding ending in ultimate doom.
It is left ambiguous in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" whether Brown's experience with evil in the forest is real or a dream. The story purposefully blurs the line between reality and imagination, leaving interpretation open to readers.
The Supernatural. His teacher is on talking terms with the Devil. What does that tell you? And yes, I just took the Penn Foster exam as well. Pain in my donkey. Lol.Acctually what they're looking for is psychologicaldespite the fact that it is supernatural the correct answer is in fact Psycological.
Young Goodman Brown was the eponymous character in a much-anthologized short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Presumably, he was called "Young Goodman Brown" in the story (rather than "Old Goodman Brown") because, as he was portrayed in the story, he was simply young rather than old. It is interesting to note that "young" is merely an adjective here, so one would expect that in the natural course of events "Young Goodman Brown" would eventually become "Old Goodman Brown."On the other hand, "Goodman" is his Christian name (or as it is now called, his first name, or forename). Goodman is the sort of name sometimes called an aptronym, that is, a name suited to its bearer---or perhaps a name which Goodman Brown's parents hoped would eventually describe him. Hawthorne set his story in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s, and as we know, the Puritans were much given to aptronyms for their children, sometime (for example) naming their children after virtues, such as Chastity, Charity Prudence and Patience.Of course, there is the possibility that "Young" is used here in the same way we would use "Junior" today. In that case, Young Goodman Brown's father would have been (presumably) Old Goodman Brown.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," the physical piece of evidence left in the tree is a pink ribbon belonging to Goodman Brown's wife, Faith. This ribbon symbolizes her innocence and purity, and its presence in the forest signifies the loss of faith and the transformation of Goodman Brown's perception of morality. The ribbon serves as a poignant reminder of the conflict between his ideals and the darker truths he encounters in the woods.