Assignment In Poe’s “Ligeia” and Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” each protagonist struggles to understand his wife. Choose one story: explain how each speaker or main character describes/explains his wife to the reader, and what each wife seems to symbolize. What happens to each wife in the story, and why? What does the message about her […]
What are the key elements of her case being made in this writing, and how does she craft her voice to meet the expectations of her middle-class audience, an audience that was growing in size during the 1860s?
DISCUSSION Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of the Puritans, and in many of his works, we see Hawthorne discuss and debate the world of the Puritans in ways that seem to challenge the strict tenets of the faith. One often-cited example is his 1832 story “Young Goodman Brown.” Read this story and decide: Is Hawthorne […]
Look at a character from how others see them and discuss whether that outside perspective is accurate. Is the town’s perception of Emily accurate or does the story suggest a different kind of persona/character?
Topic: Character Analysis of Young Goodman Brown In an essay of no less than 2 1/2 pages and no more than 4, write an essay based on a character from one of the short stories we are studied for class. In writing the overall essay, you may want to look at a character from how […]
Listen to, and review link then provide two or three distinct comments/reactions to the content provided in this video.
Assignment on “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Detailed observations, reactions, comments and/or interpretations having to do with the short story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Five videos to view/listen to, review and react to in this assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPhQCJ6waLI Read along with the spoken word (the video is 30 minutes long; full text of […]
Discuss several of the major symbols in the story and explain how they connect to the story’s meaning.
Symbolisms in The“Young Goodman Brown” 1. Discuss symbolism in the story. “Young Goodman Brown” is very symbolic story, to the point that it’s often described as allegorical. Discuss several of the major symbols in the story and explain how they connect to the story’s meaning. STORY BELOW https://www.gutenberg.org/files/512/512-h/512-h.htm#goodman One citation is required from each source, […]
What similarities and differences do you find in Bartleby’s and Young Goodman Brown’s withdrawal from society in each of these stories?
“Bartleby, The Scrivener” by Melville and “Young Goodman Brown” by Hawthorne This essay must not use outside or secondary sources of any kind. It is to be your own analysis, supported by material from the assigned poems only. Do not use any form of internet search or internet material in any way for this assignment. […]