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Young Goodman Brown
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Assignment
- Reading:
- Packet 48a, "Young Goodman
Brown." Here is the MLA entry for the story:
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Young Goodman Brown." Mosses from an Old Manse.
Vol. 1. London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 69-84. Bruce R.
Magee. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. <http://
www2.latech.edu/ ~bmagee/ 102/ texts/Young Goodman
Brown.pdf>.
- Packet 3, "Three Religious Lies."
- Browse through BIL for a topic for research. It must be a literary paper about a specific work in our text, or about one of our collateral readings.
- Writing: Do the prewriting questions below.
- What is the significance of Goodman Brown's name? Of Faith's name? Goody Cloyse? Deacon Gookin?
- As you read the story a second time, make a list of all the qualifying words that Hawthorne uses to suggest that the events described may or may not be actually happening--words like seem, appear, perhaps, etc. What does Hawthorne achieve through this word choice?
- Consult an encyclopedia to find out exactly what the meaning of a Witches' Sabbath is. Is Hawthorne's description accurate?
- What causes Goodman Brown's tragedy? What is it that ruins his life?
- List at least 5 words that describe the setting of this story.
- Point of View. What kind of narrator does the story have? What does the method of narration imply for the impact of the story?
- Develop two outlines for an essay using the approaches discussed in class.
