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musclesed
musclesed
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In the story of Young Goodman Brown there is a passage that reads "there is nice young man to be taken into communion tonight." what does this mean?

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Posted by musclesed on Saturday March 10, 2007 at 5:43 PM and tagged with theme, young goodman brown.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    Goody Cloyse says that line. It refers to Goodman Brown; he is the nice young man. The "communion" of which she speaks is communion with the devil. She's saying that he'll be in contact with—and most likely worship—the devil that night.

    Greg

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    Posted by gbeatty on Tuesday March 13, 2007 at 7:48 AM