Analysis Of Nathaniel Hawthorn :: essays research papers fc

Ld be at my very elbow" symbolizes that the forest is a mysterious and imposing place (244). With the words, "staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake" (244) and "The flash his fingers touched them, they became strangely withered and dried up as with a week&8217s sunshine" symbolizes the raise up (246).      Another important literary element that Hawthorne uses is characterization. He also uses symbolism to represent his characters. For instance, Faith is the wife of Young Good mankind Brown and is represented as a beautiful, faithful, and kind person. When Hawthorne writes, "the wind play with the pink ribbons of her cap", symbolizes Faith to be a beautiful and pleasant person (244). Also Hawthorne writes, "as the wife was aptly named, and she&8217s a blessed angel on earth" symbolizes that Faith is faithful and ingenuous (243). In contrast to Faith is the mysterious travellar. He represents the devil in the forest which represents hell. Hawthorne writes, "his staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake" (244) and "The moment his fingers touched them, they became strangely withered and dried up, as with a week&8217s sunshine" (246) symbolizes the hellish powers of the devil.      Young Goodman Brown plays the middle man within the story. He is married to a beautiful wife and is urged to become bad in the hellish forest. He also finds that his religion teacher, Goody Cloyse, and the church building minister, Deacon Gookin, was in this forest. Young Goodman Brown faces an internal troth with good and evil. Hawthorne writes, "With Heaven above, and Faith below, I will yet stand firm against the devil" lets you know that Young Goodman Brown is strongly against evil (247). Also within the story Hawthorne writes, "My Faith is gone, there is no good on earth, and sin is precisely a name. Come, devil for to there is this wor ld given" which shows that Young Goodman Brown has come to realize that he can no longer trust anyone (248).      In this allegory, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses dual settings, along with mood, conflict and characterization to create his theme. That mankind possesses both good and evil within each individual. This is represented by the internal conflict by Young Goodman Brown to be a good individual, but realizing that everyone possess bad.