She enjoys frolicking in the forest, just prancing around without a care having the scattered light dance over her through the trees. ... When Chillingworth is in the dark forest he then best resembles the black man. The main location represented with darkness is the gloomy forest. ... The black man is only seen in the dark forest and this is why the sinners are sent there. ... "Dimmesdale created his own darkness with guilt" (Light vs. ...

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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. ...

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Brown 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.... In life, there really is light at the end of the tunnel. While Brown was in the forest, he heard two men on the trail. ... While progressing through the forest, Brown "saw a red light before him, as when the felled trunks and branches of clearing have been set on fire and throw up their lurid blaze against the sky.... While Brown was in the forest, "He looked up to the sky, doubting where there really was a Heaven above. ...

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Hawthorne also uses the forest as a symbol of darkness and mystery, as it is separated from the safety and light of the city. When Brown embarks on his physical and emotional journey into the forest, Hawthorne illustrates the many differences as they leave the city, such as the contrasting light and dark. Brown is at first afraid that his old catechism teacher will see him, until he learns that she has hypocritically kept the company of the same devil that is accompanying him to the satanic communion in the forest, "I marvel they never spoke of these matters; or, verily, I marvel not, seeing...

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p.51 The Forest:The forest has two main symbolic functions. ... First, the forest can symbolize darkness and evil. ... Hester feels that the forest symbolizes themoral wilderness? ... Light is associated with openness and truth. ... Similarly, at the end of the novel, Dimmesdale confess his sin in the light of day for all to see. ...

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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. ...

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The elderly talk and she explains that she is on her way to the devil's evil forest ceremony. Goodman Brown realizes that Goody Cloyse has turned evil and he immediately knows he has made a mistake coming into the forest. ... Goodman Brown has just realized that the source of evil comes from inside the forest and if he does not leave the forest, evil will traumatize his life. ... Then suddenly Goodman Brown finds himself alone in the forest. ... He is unsure whether the meeting in the evil forest was a dream, or if it actually happened. ...

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The forest is a strong symbol in the story. ... In the town, there is light everywhere and churches around. But in the deep forest, there are no churches, representing the lack of faith and religion in the area. Brown's journey through the forest is on a narrow, dark, and dreary path. The darkness and dreariness symbolize the evil that lurks in the forest. ...

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When Brown settles deep within the forest, he questions his beliefs and his "Faith" as he calls out to her. After Brown exits the forest, he is changed and his beliefs are different. ... When the traveler approaches Goody Clouse in the forest, she shouts "the devil!... Being seen in the forest, especially at night, is a sin directly associated with witchcraft, and other evil things. ... Goodman Brown's journey and unveiling of the truth in regards to his fellow townspeople crumbles his ideas about his Puritan religion and makes him see the world in a different light. ...

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The forest in this case represents the subconscious mind of the Puritan society because to them the forest is the place of the devil and witches. ... "It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest. ... However, the forest to Hester is like a lolly-pop to small child's eyes. The rumors and accusations fly about the happenings of a group of women in the forest. ... Canst thou deem it, Hester, a consolation, that I must stand up in my pulpit, and meet so many eyes turned upward to my face, as if the light of heaven were beaming from it! ...

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The forest in this case represents the subconscious mind of the Puritan society because to them the forest is the place of the devil and witches. ... "It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest. ... However, the forest to Hester is like a lolly-pop to small child's eyes. The rumors and accusations fly about the happenings of a group of women in the forest. ... Canst thou deem it, Hester, a consolation, that I must stand up in my pulpit, and meet so many eyes turned upward to my face, as if the light of heaven were beaming from it! ...

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Of course, Hester takes advantage of this situation when she meets with Dimmesdale in the forest. ... In the forest, all cares are thrown away, and Dimmesdale makes a cry for help to Hester, a sinner in the Puritan society, but a lover to Dimmesdale, that he is able to express in the forest. ... The forest also brings out the natural side of whomever is occupying it at that time. ... To Hawthorne, the forest was beautiful and natural, and a place where Pearl could be herself. ... A fox, startled from his sleep by her light footstep on the leaves, looked inquisitively at Pearl, as doubt...

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He shows us this by symbols in nature around the town, natural symbols in the heavens, and nature in the forest. ... Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl are atop the scaffold when, "a light gleamed far and wide over all the muffled sky. It was doubtless caused by one of those meteors the minister, looking upward to the zenith, beheld there the appearance of an immense letter-the letter 'A'-marked out in lines of dull red light" (Hawthorn). ... Last to be discussed are the natural symbols that we encounter in the forest. When Hester meets Dimmesdale in the forest, all the sorr...

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The only light in the dark atmosphere is a rosebush growing by the prison door. ... They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendour, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and the daybreak that shall unite all who belong to one another."   ...

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She is also very curious, shown by her questioning and also her creation of an "A" of seaweed in the forest. ... (Fossum 13) The forest is symbolic of nature and contains aspects of both light and dark. During their time in the forest, Hester and Pearl both have different experiences. ... She tries to turn Hester to her evil ways and meet in the forest, but Hester will not. ...

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"Young Goodman Brown" written by Hawthorne is a symbolic story about a devoted puritan man who's life was turned around after a dream or vision involved with the devil. Goodman Brown is a devoted church attendee that is active and well liked in the local community. He seemingly is living a happy l...

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The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. ... Drawn by his own cords of fear and longing, man will imagine that he is tired of the light and his small, familiar world.3 "No amount of rationalization... or Freudian analysis" can overcome "the thrill of the chimney-corner whisper or the lonely wood."4 Why? ... They believe that the forest was "the Devil's last preserve."33 Hence, when the Salem minister, Reverend Parris, discovers a group of girls from the town, including his daughter, Betty, and niece, Abigail, dancing and "conjuring up spirits"34 with ...

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It includes all that is pure; where light is the dominating force. Although Hibbins always invites the characters to see "The Black Man," the forest is the only place where Hester can let down her hair and display her pride. The brook within the forest symbolizes a "boundary between two worlds" (p. 191). ... The symbolism of the forest outlines Hawthorne's interest in dichotomy, the belief that everything in the world has two sides; where one is unable to exist without the presence of the other. ...

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The Puritan's describe Satan as the Black Man in the forest. ... Hawthorne employs white and light to oppose darkness as a state of self-containment. ... Pearl, who has not committed any great sins nor does he hold herself back from anything, is always portrayed with the light shining on her. ... Hawthorn uses reds, darkness, and light to express character's emotions and the state of their spirit. ... Light symbolizes a state of enlightenment and a refreshed spirit, as well as purity. ...

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When the light of the glimmering lantern had faded quite away, the minister discovered, by the faintness which came over him, that the last few moments had been a crisis of terrible anxiety, although his mind had made an involuntary effort to relieve itself by a kind of lurid playfulness."... Dimmesdale has made a few changes he and Hester had met in the forest where he looked the worst he has ever looked ". ... I seem to have flung myself--sick, sin-stained, and sorrow-blackened--down upon these forest leaves, and to have risen up all made anew, and with new powers to glorify Him that hath be...

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Her daughter Pearl becomes the most important aspect of her life after she is born and is the only thing that brings her any light or happiness. ... When Hester, Arthur, and Pearl met in the forest, Pearl asks her mother if he [loves them] and if he will go back with [them] into town hand in hand so that they can all live together freely (145). ... The whole atmosphere of the mansion is uncomforting and dark, however there is a rose bush out front that brings some light to the house. ... Every time Hester looks at Pearl, she sees pureness and light. ...

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Hester who was dubbed with the guilt, openly admits it thus her soul was not destroyed, instead she gathers strength and courage to stimulate her soul which radiant with more light. ... "We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest." ...

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Her own daughter Pearl does not acknowledge Hester when she takes the symbol off her dress as she sits and converses with Arthur Dimmesdale in the forest. ... The townspeople watched her minister to the sick and less fortunate and began to see her in a different light. ...

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Similarly, Young Goodman Brown includes a quote saying "The whole forest was peopled with frightful sounds-the creaking of the trees, the howling of wild beasts, and the yell of Indians; while sometimes the wind tolled like a distant church bell, and sometimes gave a broad roar around the traveler, as if all Nature were laughing him to scorn. ... Either the sudden gleams of light flashing over the obscure field bedazzled Goodman Brown, or he recognized a score of the church members of Salem village famous for their especial sanctity. ...

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Nathaniel in this story does what he often does in his fiction novels; he juxtaposes light and dark, good and evil, and innocence and experience. ... - in a voice of agony and desperation; and the echoes of the forest mocked him, crying ""Faith! ...

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