The Motif Of Forest In Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

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I’m going to choose the motif of a forest. The idea of forest seems to signify an unexplored realm full of the unknown. It stands for the unconscious and its mysteries. The forest is traditionally a place of darkness or evil. This is particularly true in works set in the Puritan time. The Crucible- the girls are up to no good in the forest with Tituba. We discover they've been dancing and spell-casting without their parents' knowledge or approval. This forest behavior is the root and cause of the Salem Witch Trials. "Young Goodman Brown" - this Nathaniel Hawthorne short story is full of forest imagery connected to Evil. Goodman Brown actually meets the Devil there, finds all kinds of people who he had such respect for cavorting in a kind