Young goodman brown 6
Young goodman brown 6“Young Goodman Brown” was an interesting story because of its setting, characters, and plot. The story was set in the late Puritan Era when people were scared of the woods due to the mysterious witches and savage Indians. Puritans really liked true colors such as white and red. If white was worn it meant pure but if red was worn it meant evil. As Puritans, an individual had to have pure thoughts, and sex was only thought of to procreate if married.
Young Goodman Brown, Faith, fellow traveler, and the townspeople are the characters in “Young Goodman Brown.” Young Goodman Brown means an inexperienced good standing citizen with an ordinary last name. All he wanted was to advance in his social and religion status. His wife, Faith, is a sweet girl who wants her husband to stay home all the time. She wore pink ribbons in her hair, which in the Puritan Era pink resembled pollution. Pink is a mixture of white and red which was not a true color. Today in society pink means innocence, which is ironic from the Puritan way. The fellow traveler could have been either Young Goodman Brown’s own personal devil or his father. The townspeople were church going people yet in the end they contradicted their own values and beliefs.
The plot of “Young Goodman Brown” had...
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