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A 3 page paper which examines Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil” as they offer presentations of how Hawthorne did not believe men were corrupt nor perfect. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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a man from the time in history when the Puritan faith was the power in the society, his work reflected the beliefs, but yet also went beneath the fa?ade of
Puritanism to show that Puritans were not always as they believed. One author notes that he believed "that at the core of every individuals soul there is some innate evil,
some deep down rottenness which prevents any person from achieving absolute, genuine goodness. This evil manifests itself in the form of selfish self-interest, passion, and obsession and cleverly masks itself
with deception" (OToole). The following paper examines how Hawthorne did not believe that humanity was inherently corrupt or inherently perfect as seen in his short stories "Young Goodman Brown" and
"The Ministers Black Veil." Young Goodman Brown In this particular story the reader is first presented with a young man on his way to uncover some mystery that
the reader envisions as likely evil in the face of good Puritan people. The reader is really unsure about where he is going and why, but there is the understanding
that he is investigating because of his good Puritan upbringing which he believes is truth. In his character there is almost an ignorant innocence that relies on his faith and
as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand. The climax of the story comes when he
encounters his destination, a group of people in the forest engaging in what appears to be pagan rituals, he is completely lost. In this group of people is his wife
who he has presumed was as innocent and pure and perfect as could be. But, when he sees her there with other people all he can envision is this evil.
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