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... ; and he "shrank from the bosom of Faith" (Hawthorne 647). The traveler with the serpentine staff represents the devil and Goodman Brown's temptation to sin. The staff "bore the likeness of a great black snake" (Hawthorne 641). In literature, a snake often represents evil or the devil. When the traveler laughs, "the snake-like staff actually seemed to ... ...
... devil is holding. The serpent, on the staff, is a representation of the quote, "But the only thing about him that could be fixed upon as remarkable, was his staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake..." (446). The staff embodies the wickedness that the devil possesses. Another object Hawthorne reiterates is the pink ribbon found on Faith's cap. The pink ... ...
... Hawthorne's short story "The Birthmark," is a large blemish on the face of a woman named Georgiana. '"In the center of Georgiana's cheek there was a singular mark. Its shape bore not a little similarity to the human hand, though of the smallest pygmy size. Georgiana's lovers were wont to say that some fairy at her birth had laid her tiny hand ... ...
... ; provide excellent examples of this. In "Young Goodman Brown," Brown goes into the forest and meets a man that looks like himself. The man is holding a staff which "bore the likeness of a great black snake." The man's staff, being described in the likeness of a serpent, is meant to portray him as the Satan. Hawthorne, making this devil-like ... ...
... emblazons a scarlet A on this bare chest. Upon admitting his guilt at his death, "Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken. The great scene of grief, in which the wild infant bore a part, had developed all her sympathies; and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor ... ...
... symbolizes the domain of evil. The second major setting is the garden. The author uses poetic diction to describe Rappaccini's garden. Hawthorne writes, "There was one shrub in particular that bore a profusion of purple blossoms, each of which had the luster and richness of a gem seemed enough to illuminate the garden, even had there been no sunshine some crept serpent like ... ...
... prison-door, she repelled him, by an action marked with natural dignity, and force of character, she stepped into the open air, as if by her own free-will. She bore in her arms a child, a baby of some three months old, who winked and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day; because its existence, heretofore had ... ...
... to white, which would have symbolized innocence, but being pink they symbolize the loss thereof. The fourth piece of symbolism is the staff which his new friend is carrying, "which bore the likeness of a great black snake" (653). This leads the reader to first assume that the strange man is in fact the Devil, present to begin his corruption of Goodman ... ...
... book we hear a conversation between Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth (Hester's unknown husband). They are discussing the origin of a strange dark plant that Chillingworth discovered. "I found them growing on a grave which bore no tombstone, nor other memorial of the dead man, save these ugly weeds that have taken upon themselves to keep him in remembrance. They grew out of his heart, and ... ...
... the Garden of Eden. There was a tree in the middle of the Garden of Eden that was not to be touched. Hawthorne writes, "There was one shrub in particular that bore a profusion of purple blossoms, each of which had the luster and richness of a gem seemed enough to illuminate the garden, even had there been no sunshine some crept serpent-like ... ...
... entertainment. In Young Goodman Brown Hawthorne surprises the reader with a morally sound character, however he is surrounded by evil. The most shrewd aspect of this traveler is his staff, " which bore the likeness of a great black snake-("YGB" 62). The traveler's staff symbolizes the evilness of its owner. Young Goodman Brown has lost faith in his religion, " when the family knelt ... ...
... and Pearl in the final scaffold scene, it is the only sense of relief for him. "The spell was broken. The great scene of grief, in which the wild infant bore a part, had developed all her sympathies, and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek- (251). By admitting his sin, he finally frees himself from his guilt and from Chillingsworth ... ...
