Young Goodman Brown | Characters
The central character, Goodman Brown, is presented initially as a good person devoted to his wife and well schooled in both religious and civic values. From the first paragraphs, however, he seems ill at ease, determined to enter on his mysterious nighttime journey. The reason for this nocturnal adventure is not clear at first, but Brown is steadfast in his purpose. That quality soon evaporates as he meets his guide and travels to the meeting place where he witnesses a diabolical ceremony which is a blasphemy of the Protestant communion. Easily swayed by suggestion and innuendo, by the time...
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