In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "Young Goodman Brown," the reader is introduced to a young man who has made a conscious decision to go into the forest to meet with Satan. Most critical analysis of this short story finds that there are a lot of references to the period of time around the Salem Witch Trials and the way New Englanders lived after this period. During a period of ... he is curious. Hawthorne plays on the view that many Puritans shared during this time period, the fear of the wild and unknown. Young Goodman Brown sees "a devilish Indian behind every tree" (pg. 21). Young Good...

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