Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

As a child, Hawthorne injured his leg and was forced to spend a year in bed he developed a love for reading during this time. His books are best sellers of his time.The descendent of infamously harsh Puritans, and the only child of a sea captain who died when Hawthorne was four, Nathaniel Hawthorne grew up in Salem, Massachusetts. Hawthorne's writing is rooted in romanticism with its themes of love, longing, and lost. Satan's speech at the end of the story is the defining word on evil. His father and grandfather are part of the story. Hawthorne’s writing influences the Victorian’s view of the witch trials. Greed drives some townsfolk in order to obtain a convicted neighbor's property. He distances himself from his infamous great, great grandfather, a magistrate in the Salem witch trials, by adding a “w” to his name. Nathaniel Hawthorne is the first American to earn a living as a writer. In this epilogue, Goodman Brown meets up with the stranger years later who confesses that he is the father of lies and everything he had shown Brown were all lies. He dies a sad, distrustful, desperate man. Young Goodman Brown wakes up in the sunlit forest and returns to town, seeing only hypocrisy in the people and feeling the weight of sin upon himself. Young Goodman Brown and Faith see each other as the speaker screams, 'Evil is the nature of mankind.' Goodman Brown yells for his wife to resist the evil one. Goodman Brown comes across a group of people he recognizes as the faithful and pious from his church. He hears voices, especially the crying of his wife, and challenges the evil of the forest.

Goodman Brown's Struggle (03:01)įaint and overburdened with the heavy sickness of his heart, Goodman Brown doubts the heaven above him. The minister and Deacon Gookin ride by on horses. The stranger departs, leaving his staff for Brown. Goodman Brown expresses his doubts and fears.

A conversation between the stranger and Goody, who know each other, reveals much to Brown who is hiding in the bushes. Goodman Brown and the stranger meet up with Goody Cloyse. Brown expresses his concern with staying with the stranger. Goodman Brown runs into a mysterious man who challenges Brown to continue on his journey. Meeting With a Stranger in the Woods (04:16)

This adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' was filmed in historic Salem. 'Young Goodman Brown': Faith's Plea (03:41) FREE PREVIEWįaith pleads with her husband to postpone his journey, but after reassuring her, he begins his travels through the woods.

Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne