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04 March 2009 A Dream with Profound Effect

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”, we read about a devout protestant who takes the reader on a journey of symbolism. Goodman Brown, newly married leaves his wife at dusk to venture in the woods and meet a mysterious man. We do not know his purpose of his travel but are led to believe that it is something dark, and evil. Goodman Brown becomes agitated at the reason and expectation of his journey that he thinks twice about returning home, yet he resumes on. Goodman Brown discovers others that he recognizes. His mind plays tricks on him, as he hears familiar voices and sees familiar forms of the...

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