1. Puritanism - Hawthorne's View
This story relates to the Salem Witch Trials. ... By the end of the story, Goodman Brown is still not sure whether what he saw was a dream or whether he really witnessed the "witch meeting" in the forest but out of fear, he distances himself from Faith and starts to distrust her. ... Just like The Crucible , though they were to live pure and loving lives, they treat the "witches" very badly and in the end kill most of them. ... This quote shows two things, it points out how the Puritans feared god and his holy wrath, and it also shows the irony in relation to the Salem Witch Trials which H...
- Word Count: 1268
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: High School