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- Young Goodman Brown caught hold of a tree, ready to sink down on the ground, faint and the heavy sickness of his heart.
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By shattering Young Goodman Brown's conception that his fathers were paragons of Puritan ideals, Young Goodman Brown began his slow descent until his "dying hour of gloom," setting up a perspective that perfection is merely an illusion by showing how believers set themselves up for a sad death.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1835
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Analysis. At sunset in the town of Salem, Massachusetts, a man named Goodman Brown has just stepped over the threshold of the front door of his house. On his way out, he leans his head back inside to kiss his wife goodbye as she, “aptly” named Faith, leans out toward the street to embrace him.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Young Goodman Brown died wary of those around him. He was an embittered cynic. The story concludes: “no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom” (Hawthorne 318)—translation: he died without finding another person who was also skeptical of the practices in Salem.
‘Young Goodman Brown’ (1835) is one of the most famous stories by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692, the story is a powerful exploration of the dark side of human nature.
Jul 3, 2024 · How does Goodman Brown die? Goodman Brown ultimately dies of old age at the end of the story.
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