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The Young Goodman Brown: Resistance, Acceptance, and Embracing of Evil
Nathaniel Hawthorn�s epic short-story �The Young Goodman Brown�, is a story about a fall from innocence. The character that looses his innocence, or his illusion of innocence, is the main character, Goodman Brown. As the pages of the story are tu ....
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.... (Nathaniel Hawthorn, 198)�. This devilish traveler is implying that Goodman Brown�s family, and the entire Puritan community is not as �pure� as they appear that they might in fact be involved in satanic behavior or witchcraft. Goodman Brown�s rejection to this statement is made clear when he says �we are people of prayer, and good works, to boot, and abide no such wickedness (Hawthorn 198)�. Goodman Brown does not want to believe what his traveling companion tells him. His first sign of doubt is revealed when Goodman Brown asks the ....
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