Use Of Literacy Devices In Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

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In this short story, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many literacy devices. Some literacy devices used in this story are foreshadowing, imagery, allegory, and symbolism. Foreshadowing is an event in the story that will give you a clue about what is going to happen later. Imagery is a visual description of something. Allegory is a hidden representation of a character and symbolism represents something hidden. Young Goodman Brown is innocent man and married to women named Faith. The story starts off when he is leaving his wife to go on a trail through the woods. It is right after sunset that he left. In the woods he comes across a man who says he knows his grandfather and himself. This man is carrying a staff. After he meets this man he insisted