Hawthorne doesn't state why Brown must do this on this night of all nights "twixt now and sunrise" (Hawthorne 260). ... Goodman Brown never finds out if Faith resisted evil, or if the ceremony was just a dream. ... But when he awakens from his dream and returns to the town, Faith runs up to him, her eyes all alight with the pink ribbons still in her hair. This leads one to the conclusion that the evil ceremony in the forest was just but a dream, and faith is still attainable. ...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The god Ea whispered to Utnapishtim in a dream and warned him to build a boat as to avoid being destroyed by flood with the rest of the world. ... After many days and nights of constant flooding, the rains subsided and everything calmed down. ... " When all animals were boarded in the ark with Noah and his family, the Lord opened the skies and the torrents rained upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. ...

• Word Count: 1856
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

This comforting sense of night is forever lost as Elie experiences the horrible, dreadful nights of the concentration camps; those experiences are the ones, which allowed a dark flame to enter his soul and devour it, destroying him forever. ... (Chapter 3, pg. 28) Elie thinks he's dreaming. ... Never shall I forget those moments, which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. ...

• Word Count: 2227
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School