... component that Hawthorne used to express his attitude toward Puritan society. He demonstrates in the novel The Scarlet Letter and the short story "Young Goodman Brown" just how hypocritical the citizens of Salem could be toward one another and how their actions completely contradict their beliefs on how they should ... very judgmental of people and critical, which is not what their religious practices are suppose to be. "Young Goodman Brown" is a short story that demonstrates hypocrisy in a different way than The Scarlet Letter. In "Young Goodman Brown," a man has an experience that he i...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School