This means that the clouds are obstructing their view of the light and cannot see the truth. However, when the grandmother is about to be murdered by The Misfit she see that the sky is clear and she could see the light. Another symbol I noticed is the forest where the Misfit's friends took everyone except the grandmother to kill. ... We can never know when it will consume us but when it does happen, we can die either in the dark or in the light of God like the grandmother. ...

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Irving might have been influenced by more ghostly components of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" which were likely focused around German folktales concerning "The Wild Huntsman", a ghoulish apparition that would pursue intruders through the forested areas at irritating rates. ... Other than the droves of Loyalist officers and British light infantry, Hessian soldier, famous sharpshooters and horsemen, were among the looters that regularly skirmished with patriot militias. The Headless Horseman, said to be an executed Hessian fighter, may have surely been built approximately in light of the disclo...

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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! ...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Before Brown's visit into the woods, he has no problem with his community; however, he becomes aware of the problems of his community after the encounter in the forest. ... He notices many familiar people attend a devilish ceremony in the forest, and some of these figures are ones whom Goodman Brown has thought to be good and innocent. The sentence "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 (270)" implies that the most holy people of the villa...

• Word Count: 2414
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School