David Leeb wrote a very compelling, unpublished paper titled "Shades of Goodman Brown". In this paper, Leeb discussed a common "yarn" that presented itself in Young Goodman Brown, The Man that Corrupted Hadleyberg, Monster, and The Devil and Daniel Webster. ... It was, without a doubt, a horrible, disturbing evening for Goodman Brown. ... Without certainty, how did Goodman Brown proceed? ... Stephen Cane's "The Monster" can be related to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" in that both characters go through transformations. ...

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He demonstrates in the novel The Scarlet Letter and the short story "Young Goodman Brown" just how hypocritical the citizens of Salem could be toward one another and how their actions completely contradict their beliefs on how they should behave and their religious teachings. ... In The Scarlet Letter, a young woman has committed adultery. ... "Young Goodman Brown" is a short story that demonstrates hypocrisy in a different way than The Scarlet Letter. In "Young Goodman Brown," a man has an experience that he is not sure is reality or a dream. ... When the minister spoke from the pulpit wi...

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• Grade Level: High School