Notes from the Little, Brown Handbook

“Crushed whole-wheat and fat often a newborn said the appearance of old Goodman Brown.” (Bidney, pp.58-89)

Bidney in this essay shows that there are epiphany moments at certain points in the stories of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which moral categories disperse into four image-motifs namely fire, flutter, fall, and scatter. The psychoanalytic implications in the epiphany formula in Hawthorne, discussed.

“They turned and stared at the worshipers of the devil, with a flash, so to speak, portrayed against a curtain of fire.” (Jamil, pp.143-145)

Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story “Young Goodman Brown”, the author claims Hawthorne employs imagery and the language of the carnival to mock Puritan values. The title character encounters 'evil' during a walk through the woods and feels compelled to rush towards it, while simultaneously repelled by it.

“Being so absorbed in pleasant and praiseworthy meditations, Goodman Brown heard horse strides along the road and thought it prudent to hide in the forest edge, knowing the guilty purpose that had brought him there, but had already left happily”. (Jaynes, pp.66-77)

The article presents an analysis of the short by expounding on the application of semiotics to Hawthorne's story by students and his views on society's perspective of evil; and humanity in relation to the story. These views applied to enhance students' critical thinking skills, tools of literary analysis, and widen their perspective of the world. \

“Excellent, Deacon Gookin! Replied the solemn ringing of the shepherd breaking, chop spurs or be late. Nothing can be done you know, until I'm not on the ground”. (May, p. 1111)

This article examines the content of the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Author states that it seems as though Goodman Brown's journey into the forest predestined, that he is an allegorical figure who has no free will to act in any way other ...