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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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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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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"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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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...

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Ironically, although it is indeed a fire that lures a ship to the island, it is not an ordered, controlled signal fire but rather the haphazard forest fire Jack's hunters set solely for the purpose of killing Ralph. ... When they return, Ralph declares that they must light a signal fire to attract the attention of passing ships. ... However, the boys pay more attention to playing than to monitoring the fire, and the flames quickly engulf the forest. ...

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Without society's rigid rules, anarchy and savagery can come to light. ... The beasts so called existence was partly the cause of Simons death, as jack and the boys were so insistent that he was the beast leaving the forest that they killed him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School