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Goodman Brown Figurative Language

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A married man during the Puritan times who makes the decision to wander in the woods to meet a stranger who shows Goodman Brown the truth about his faith and religion. The author describes this interaction to be dark/evil/suspicion.
“Nathaniel Hawthorne” uses fear to develop the main idea. Fear can be seen in Goodman when he steps into the woods as he knows nothing good ever comes out of the wilderness. Goodman brown beliefs as a Puritan is that the new world is something to fear rather than dominate “(Overview).” His beliefs make him fear the world just like the fear of God since it is the only way to keep us from sin. It is said that all kinds of good will flow into the life of a person who fears God. When Goodman Brown is walking through the woods his mind makes him fear that the Devil could be walking right by his side. When …show more content…

This can be seen when he talks about missing his wife's faith while in the woods. He then hears a voice that he recognizes as her voice, this could be described as having strong faith, but in this instance this means that Goodmans Brown faith has left him because of the crying sorrows he hears from his wife's voice. This is a result from leaving his wife faith and also leaving the faith of God and following the devil to the forsaken land. Goodman Brown realizes that everyone must regularly choose good and evil, this makes him realize that many people failed to follow the path of righteousness making him question his own faith. The devil shows Goodman Brown these things to make him give up his faith and religion so that he will stride further from God. Previously when he mentioned the devil, an old man appeared carrying a staff of serpents. The old man is a symbol for the Devil and the staff the man carries with the serpents also represents the Devil's

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