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A 4 page paper which examines whether Hawthorne believes man is basically good or evil based on this trio of short stories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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indelible presence of sin in the human heart" (Maus 76). Firmly entrenched in the spiritual landscape of Hawthornes Puritan New England are the rigid concepts of good and evil.
To these unforgiving moralists, any man who finds himself remotely tempted by evil has tarnished his character to the point where redemption might not be possible. In three
of his most famous short stories, "Young Goodman Brown," "The Birth-Mark" and "Ethan Brand," Hawthorne displays his view of mans nature. In each, there is a male protagonist struggling
with ethical considerations and for his choices, there are serious consequences. In "Young Goodman Brown," the protagonist lives what appears to be a perfectly respectable life with his wife, Faith.
However, Brown finds himself going into a dark forest to run "an unspecified errand," which typically symbolizes "demonic activity in Hawthornes works" (Maus 76). Just being in such
a somber place was inviting evil, and the perfect place for a pagan gathering, as Hawthornes prose makes clear in the passage, "Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more
haste on his present evil purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path
creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and there is this peculiarity in such a solitude, that the traveller knows not who may
be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overhead; so that, with lonely footsteps, he may yet be passing through an unseen multitude... said Goodman Brown to himself...
What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!" (1236-1237) He is stunned to see many of his neighbors at the gathering, but nothing was
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