ENGL122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Young Goodman Brown, Pink Ribbon, Public Morality
5 Dec 2014
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Setting: english street, forest thick with trees, night, sunset, salem new england. Uncoverted wilderness: dark place rock on fire. Depending upon one another hearts, ye had hoped that virtue were not all a dream (pg. Welcome to the communion of your race (of black sabbath) ** goodman brown dreams of the devil and his life is transformed. He can no longer regard himself as pious or good** **the fashion of both good and evil in everyone** Everyone has a dark side (must trust our neighbours or we will be in a dark place. His name is brown because it"s common, indistinguishable. **goodman brown is not as good as he appears. He is curious about the devil, stranger and him are similar father and son he already had plans and kept covenant by meeting. But at the same time he is na ve (has delusions, journey taken in innocence and completed in knowledge.
