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A 5 page paper which examines the use of
symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young Goodman Brown.”
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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experience with the supernatural, the occult, and the surrealistic thus providing us with a great deal of material regarding symbolism as it involves Puritan thought, modern realities, and Hawthornes own
experiences and perceptions. Now, in the story we are never sure if it was a dream of Browns or a real experience, and as such can only presume that his
experience was somewhat related to the occult or the unrealistic, or perhaps Browns inability to see any other form of thought other than Puritanism. All of these perspectives offer us
a variety of symbolism within the story. And, like a great deal of literature, this is a story that has been analyzed and criticized from many different perspectives, with the
presence of the Puritanism and the occult being one of many perspectives. In the following paper we present an examination of Hawthornes story, examining it from a perspective which addresses
Puritanism and its perceptions of the occult, thus giving us a look into the symbolic perspectives of Hawthorne. Symbolism: Puritan and the Occult One of the most powerfully symbolic
ways in which Hawthorne presents us with an examination of the occult in this story is through the examination of puritan thought and influence. McCabe claims that "The influence of
Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes works. In particular, Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown
allows the writer to examine and perhaps provide commentary on not only the Salem of his own time but also the Salem of his ancestors." When we understand something of
the history of Salem, as well as the history of Puritanism, we are provided the merits and consequences of such zeal, "especially the zeal of the Half-Way Covenant of 1662,
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