Poe’s The Black Cat and Hawthorn’s Young Goodman Brown Essay -- Young

Poes The Black Cat and Hawthorns Young Good military man BrownIn Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne analyzes the Puritans cognisance and the hidden wickedness of their nature. He takes a nave Puritan man and takes him on a journey into the dark woodwind to meet an old man whom we presume, is the devil. As the nave Puritan embarks on his journey, his wife Faith kisses him good bye. The Puritan has an overwhelming feeling of guilt as he is entering the forest to meet with the Devil. He realized what he is doing was forbidden and none of his fore becomes or fellow Puritans would ever commit such a sin. During his meeting with the Devil his navet dissolves. He sees Deacon Gookin, his old catechism teacher, and other upstanding members of the community, whom he looked up to and feared, dancing around the Devils fire. He is told that the Devil has helped his father and Grandfather in years past. His innocence is completely destroyed when he sees his own wife Faith dancing around the Devils c ircle . He screams in agony My faith is gone. There is no good on earth and sin is but a ...