In the bible, God is said to be light, but also have eyes of fire. ... In actuality, forest fires help forests to grow more in the future. ... Fire was the first form of light that man was able to harness. ... Without fire, there would be no light bulbs. Light bulbs are really just fire inside of glass. ...
Hawthorne chooses the forest for its insanity and it's lawless. ... In the forest, only the "unseen multitude" will see him meeting with the devil (141). ... Young Goodman Brown avoids the light of the day, where everyone can make sense of the wrong things is going thru. During the day, the light symbolizes the order where God can be sought. ... The more time he spends with the devil, the harder it is for him to see the path he was on before coming into the forest. ...
This creed leads Brown into the dark forest to confront evil. ... Upon entering the forest, Brown whispered to himself that the forest was so filled with darkness, he wouldn't be surprised if the devil himself matriculated beside him. ... His dark gift leads him to the demonic ceremony that takes place in the forest. ... When Brown meets with the devil in the forest, on a path, he finds Faith's pink ribbons hanging on a tree. ... Hawthorne's usage of lightness and darkness show there is no light without dark, no love without hate, no saint without sin. ...
The Tyger appears to live in an outer darkness, 'In the forests of the night'. ... Burning bring in the forests of the night," (Blake 1) the reader conceives in their mind the image of a tiger with a coat blazing like fire deep in the dark forest. ... " (Aubrey) The tiger brings power, darkness and danger, but the lamb brings light and goodness. ...
As Hester stares into the eyes of Chillingworth, "There came a glare of red light out of his Vevoda 2 eyes; as if the old man's soul were on fire, and kept on smouldering duskily within his breast, until, by some casual puff of passion, it was blown into a momentary flame" (55). ... I seem to have flung myself- sick, sin stained, and sorrow blackened-down upon these forest leaves, and to have risen up all Vevoda 3 made anew" (185). ...
I. This Norse story of the origin of the earth, sky, and humanity is paraphrased from Snorri Sturluson's Edda, as translated by Anthony Faulkes. Sturluson lived in Iceland from 1179 to 1241, and he apparently composed the Edda as a compilation of traditional stories and verse. Many of verses he incl...
