... hope. Characters: Young Goodman Brown-around 50 years old, husband Faith-Browns wife. Had pink ribbons on her cap. The Companion-Second traveler/devil/wicked one Goody Cloyse-Female,pious,taught Brown catechism, spiritual adviser Deacon Gookin and minister Goody Cory-"unhanged witch" Theres a dark figure of no name towards ... time. Well he keeps trying to get bartleby out until the only thing left for him to do is move his headquarters. A lawyer soon comes to the new office and asks the Boss to get rid of Bartleby but he fails at that. Bartleby is taken to a prison since ... indeed, on...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... the gloomiest trees of the forest"(165)? Upon entering the forest, Goodman Brown is suspicious of every rock and tree, constantly thinking that something may jump out at him. Goodman comes across a man seated at the foot of an old tree. The man stands and walks onward side by side with Goodman. Goodman ... of reality and into the wilderness where bad things can happen. He is walking down the devil's path and the devil is showing Goodman the way his life should truly be seen. The devil is opening the doors that have always been hidden to bring light to the fact that things are ... valiant...

• Word Count: 1650
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done "twixt now and sunrise"" (Hawthorne 1207). Goodman Brown feels that something inside him needs to go on this journey but he goes "on his journey with a guilty conscience" (Martin 85). There is a reason why he consciously feels like he ... from Faith, and his faith, it becomes harder for him to find his way back. The forest, in the story, is a symbol for Goodman Brown's conscience, which includes the roots of all his perceptions. As he makes his way into the forest, "Brown seems in the grip of some compulsion over which ... bo...

• Word Count: 1398
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School