LITR 4232 American Renaissance 2008
Text-Objective Presentation

Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”

Text Objective Assignment 2008

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Focus on Objective 2 and Some on 1: “To study the contemporaneous movement of "Romanticism," the narrative genre of "romance," and the related styles of the "gothic" and "the sublime." “

 (in particular the gothic element and understanding the psyche of Goodman Brown)

Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is full of romantic and gothic elements.  Just a few examples include:

            p.1289 “Devilish Indian” The Last of the Mohicans connection?

p.1290 “serpent”

p.1291”We are people…”

p.1293 “Tramps” of horses Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

p. 1296- Top of the page

p. 1298- The last paragraph

Questions for the Reader:

-          1. What descriptions most represented gothic?

-          2. What characteristics and/or themes are common in Hawthorne’s writings?

 

3. Who is the traveling companion?

-           4. Is there irony in the fact that his wife’s name is Faith? Did he lose faith actually or figuratively?

5. Is there any significance in the pink ribbons?

--          6. What parallels can be drawn from the beginning and the end of the story?

7. How important is the gothic to Hawthorne's writing? What other elements of his style does it develop?

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