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What does Brown no longer see as a result of the journey in "Young Goodman Brown"?

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Posted by poem on Tuesday November 4, 2008 at 10:12 PM and tagged with brown, journey, result, young goodman brown.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    Brown is no longer able to trust the goodness of people after his journey into the woods in "Young Goodman Brown". Since Brown is not sure whether his experience was real or imagined, he sees hypocrisy in all the members of his community. What he never realizes is that there is both good and evil in every person. No one is perfect. Since he cannot accept the lack of perfection in mankind, he loses his trust in all of mankind.
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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 8:31 AM