Nathaniel Hawthorne Young Goodman Brown Essay

In Young Goodman Brown By Nathaniel Hawthrone, The story discusses the life of Goodman Brown during the Quakers/Puritans time period along with the Salem witch trials. This was one of the most nightmarish episodes in Puritan History. Now this is a really crucial topic because Nathaniel Hawthrone’s grandpa went through the Witch trials so it is kind of ironic to see Goodman Brown go through it. It's ironic because he wrote a short story about Goodman Brown and I think it kind of symbolizes his life. In case you don't know, the Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions. They accused people of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. A Lot of people were killed and hung improperly. Nobody agrees with this.

Hawthorne described his grandfather as a bearded,sable cloaked type of guy. In Goodman Brown 2 girls were hanged and 3 were accused, Hawthrone also mentions in his past about a Judge hanging people. So it all is connected. Hawthorne was inspired by his family's background and experience to write about the Salem witch trials.In Young Goodman Brown he represents the society because everyone is confused and not fully faithful and Faith represents happiness,the children and hope. Hawthorne represents 3 major events, The Witch trials of 1692, The Puritan intolerance of the Quakers and the Kings Phillips War. I think Goodman Brown symbolized the danger of abandoning your faith because when you abandon it you have no faith left. Young Goodman Brown also lost his faith in the short story but he lost his innocence super quickly too. When William Hawthrone lost his innocence he became a Judge and ordered people to get hanged and that's not fair for him or for other people. The stories and authors just seem so closely connected. Goodman Brown represents poverty he represents the color brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne did not grow up with a lot of money and neither did his grandpa or father but they eventually made

It was like the woods were calling his name and asking him to become evil. Nature is a huge symbol in Goodman Brown even in The Witch Trials, Goodman had a strong relationship with nature and society in regards to entering the words, I feel like his connection was emotionally and spiritually strong, Emotionally he did not want to keep walking into the woods but spiritually he had to due to the evil temptations from the devil. Hawthrone stated it was important to have a strong connection with both and balance them. This kind of relates to the witch trials because the people had a relationship with nature and society but emotionally did not want to get punished or hung for it. It was important to have a strong belief in religion. Hawthrones grandfather really motivated him to write Goodman Brown and I believe he started the legacy. Judge Hawthrone was an arrogant and stern judge, He was strict, He was determined to accuse people of witchcraft and catch them in the action, He refuses to trust that the girls are pretending and not really into witchcraft and they are innocent because again they don't listen to