Nathaniel Hawthorn's "Young Goodman Brown" symbolizes the abundance of sin within society
Title: Nathaniel Hawthorn's "Young Goodman Brown" symbolizes the abundance of sin within society
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Nathaniel Hawthorn's "Young Goodman Brown" symbolizes the abundance of sin within society
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 1762 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
<Tab/>Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorn's esteemed short story, "Young Goodman Brown," there are several symbols which express the allegory of how widespread and inescapable sin is within our world. According to The Holy Bible and Puritan belief, sin is the transgression of the Ten Commandments, which was introduced into society after Adam broke the covenant for eating the forbidden fruit from the Garden of Eden. This sin was passed throughout the generations, …showed first 75 words of 1762 total…
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Works Cited
Ferguson, J.M. Jr. "Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown." Explicator 28 (Dec. 1969): Item 32.
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Hawthorn, Nathaniel. "The Text of Nathaniel Hawthorn's 'Young Goodman Brown'."
<Tab/>Hawthorn, "Young Goodman Brown". 27 July 1998. Florida Gulf Coast University.
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The Holy Bible. Allendale, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998.