Hawthorne arouses the following associations by choosing "Salem Village" (65) in the heart of the Puritan North England as the home of Young Goodman Brown. ... The stars represent the only orientation left in the dark, the cloud covering them up symbolizes Goodman Brown's impending loss of faith and values in life due to potentially hearing his wife's voice. By telling Faith "to look up to heaven" he begs his wife not to join the dark. ... By using similar expressions for the description of Goodman Brown after returning to town, like "bewildered man" (74...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He utilized his writings to express his dark, gloomy outlook on life. ... He sought for those truths in an area that has hardly been explored even today -- the human heart and mind. Hawthorne believed that the natural world around us, as well as ordinary humans, contained dark places that the cold light of reason alone could not break through. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Chillingworth affirms that men who don't reveal their sins " deceive themselves They fear to take up the shame that rightfully belongs to them their zeal for God's service, these holy impulses may or may not coexist in their hearts with the evil inmates" (122). ... Hawthorne describes the physician's intentions with Arthur Dimmesdale mentioning he " strove to go deep into his patient's bossom, delving among his principles, prying into his recollections, and probing everything with a cautious touch, like a treasure-seeker in a dark cavern" (114). ... Therefore, Hawthorne&#...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The mansion is described as, high and gloomy the palace of a Paduan noble desolate and ill-furnished This description establishes a dark mood throughout the story. ... In a sense, the dark and gloomy mansion symbolizes the domain of evil. ... The author writes, Giovanni's rage broke forth from his sullen gloom like a lightning flash out of a dark cloud. ... She even states, I dreamed only to love thee and be with thee a little time, and so let thee pass away, leaving but thine image in mine heart. ... In a sense, the dark and gloomy mansion symbolizes the domain of evil. ...

• Word Count: 2625
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate