Literary Criticism: Young Goodman Brown

Following is the outline for the study to understand the purpose of the paper:

I. Thesis

To study the illustrations in the story that symbolizes and portrays man's treacherous attraction towards evil.

To analyze the journey of Goodman into the forest and its association with faith.

II. Man's Treacherous Attraction towards Evil

The story is an insight into the depth of spiritual battle that is waged for the minds and hearts of mankind.

At first glance, story portrays a man, Goodman Brown, who is taking surreal late night walk in the dark forest. During the walk, man experiences a 'dark' when he ...