Unlike many other fictional works, “Young Goodman Brown” makes a direct relation between historical people and events. For ins

Micheal E. McCabe compares Young Goodman Brown’s experience to Puritan teachings in “The Consequences of Puritan Depravity and Distrust as Historical Context for Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown.” The author begins by referring to Young Goodman Brown’s journey as a “conversion experience” which, ironically, a religious conversion is the ultimate sign of faith and election. The popular Puritan belief that is enforced by the catechism teachers is that “man is guilty of depravity” and is “bent on sin” (McCabe). Brown is an example of how difficult it is for one who is taught that man is constantly depraved to believe that man can be “converged” and purged of sin. This derangement is highlighted when Brown sees that his catechism teacher, Goody Close, has an alliance with the

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