... the story. One of the effects playing a major role is the setting employed in the story which is predominantly used to create ambiguity. The narrator succeeds in contrasting the historical context and the environment in a way that suggests multiple meanings. Hawthorne arouses the following associations by choosing "Salem Village" (65) in the heart of the Puritan North England as the home of Young Goodman Brown. The ... reliable wife and her being a personification of his faith in god and the puritans' values. The "threshold" (65) Goodman Brown is crossing when leaving further emphasises...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate