How does the encounter transform characters in Hawthorne’s Young Goodman and Carver’s Cathedral? The title “Young Goodman Brown” is symbolic in meaning and is somewhat indicative of the main characters personification. Hawthorne projects Brown with a name that suggests he is “young” possibly indicating that he is a new believer, or innocent. “Goodman” could symbolize that the protagonist is almost a gentleman, and a good husband. Lastly, “Brown” is an extremely common last name, so could symbolize that Goodman is very common, he is everyman, or sort of a John Smith, so to speak. The story opens with Goodman Brown standing in the threshold of his dwelling, facing his wife who is vehemently begging him not to go away, where to the author does not divulge yet. Brown, however, disregards her and departs onto a deep and dark road. Automatically we get the photo that where Goodman is going he is conflicted about going, and his wife clearly doesn’t want him to go; on top of that the author uses strong imagery in regards toward the journey to where he’s headed, using descriptive language such as dreary, dark, and even says plainly he made “haste on his present evil purpose”. Goodman is going off to do something obviously evil …show more content…
Concentrate on structure in developing theme. The selections Story of an Hour and Girl is a very good selection to read; and it has been spread throughout the world for its fragile lessons. The ending in The Story of an Hour had me conflicted for a while. Anyway, basically Louise is a young, married woman with a frail heart. Her sister tells her that her husband is reported to have been in a fatal accident. First she grieves, and then she goes to her room. She finds that she’s feeling comfortable, free. She’s celebrating his death in the sense that it has unlocked her freedom. She returns downstairs just as her husband comes home-he was not in the accident after all-and she