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