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A 10 page essay, research paper that, first of all, examines Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." The writer argues that each author make comments on the nature of evil and relates their interpretation to their own society. These stories are similar in that each author may appear to be talking about a different reality. Hawthorne sets his story in Salem's Puritan past and Jackson's story takes place in an alternative reality where ancient fertility rites were never abandoned. However, examination of themes in each work shows that these authors intended these stories to be read as having a meaning for their contemporary society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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relate their interpretation to their own society. These stories are similar in that each author may appear to be talking about a different reality. Hawthorne sets his story in Salems
Puritan past and Jacksons story takes place in an alternative reality where ancient fertility rites were never abandoned. However, examination of themes in each work shows that these authors intended
these stories to be read as having a meaning for their contemporary society. Furthermore, there is also the similarity that each is expertly written in order to emphasize their thematic
content through surprise and awe. There are, of course, also considerable differences in style and content as Jacksons message concerns the banality of evil and how it can be incorporated
into unquestioned societal structure and Hawthorne concentrates on how evil can be expressed through the perception of one man, his protagonist, Goodman Brown. The stories From the
beginning of his story, Hawthorne intimates that the purpose of young Goodman Brown in venturing into the forest at night will lead him to an evil fate, as he expresses
his guilt over leaving his bride of just three months, the allegorically named "Faith," and calls himself a "wretch" for undertaking his intended purpose (Hawthorne 577). This contrasts with the
opening to Jacksons Lottery, as Jackson carefully underscores the normality of the day and how what is to take place is viewed as nothing out of the ordinary. Jackson
describes the day of the lottery as "clear and sunny," as the people gather in the village square (Jackson 281). Brown is soon joined by a fellow traveler and who
informs him that he is late. This obviously a prearranged meeting, the fellow traveler is clearly evil, as he wears clothing bearing the "likeness of a great black snake," and
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