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A 5 page paper which examines the
presence of Puritanism and the occult in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman
Brown." Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAgdmbrn.rtf
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occult, and the surrealistic. 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. 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. The Occult One of
the most powerful 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" (Hawthorne.htm). 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, the Puritan Catechism of John Cotton, and the repercussions of The Salem Witch trials. Hawthorne sets Young Goodman Brown into a context of Puritan rigidity
and self-doubt to allow his contemporary readers to see the consequences of such a system of belief" (Hawthorne.htm). We see McCabe mentions how "The conversion experience - a sudden
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