1. Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Depravity of Man
... 's "Young Goodman Brown." Hawthorne begins by alluding to the belief in total depravity in this short story when Goodman Brown sees Goody Cloyse in the forest and is reminded of the Puritan catechism. Brown says that Goody Cloyse taught him the catechism, and then Hawthorne claims that "there was a world of meaning in this simple comment" ("Young ... ...
- Word Count: 1568
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate