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1、Moreabout"YoungGoodmanBrown""YoungGoodmanBrown"tellsthetaleofayoungPuritanmandrawnintoacovenantwiththeDevil.Brown'sillusionsaboutthegoodnessofhissocietyarecrushedwhenhediscoversthatmanyofhisfellowtownspeople,includingreligiousleadersandhiswife,areattendingaBlackMass.Attheendofthestory,itisnot
2、clearwhetherBrown'sexperiencewasnightmareorreality,buttheresultsarenonethelessthesame.Brownisunabletoforgivethepossibilityofevilinhislovedonesandasaresultspendstherestofhislifeindesperatelonelinessandgloom.Thoughaworkoffiction,"YoungGoodmanBrown''iswidelyconsideredtobeoneofthemosteffectivelit
3、eraryworkstoaddressthehysteriasurroundingtheSalemWitchTrialsof1692.Hawthorneisalsorememberedforhelpingtoestablishtheshortstoryasarespectedformofliteratureandasaproponentofinstillingmoralsandlessonsintohiswriting.YoungGoodmanBrownSummary"YoungGoodmanBrown"openswithYoungGoodmanBrownabouttoembar
4、konanevening'sjourney.Hisyoungwife,Faith,fearfulforsomeunknownreason,beseecheshimtodelayhisjourney.GoodmanBrown,however,stressesthathehasataskthatmustbeaccomplishedbeforesunrise,andsothenewlywedsreluctantlypart.Ashewalksdownthestreet,GoodmanBrownchideshimselfforleavingFaithwhilehegoesonhisjou
5、rneyandresolvesthat,afterthisnight,hewillstaybythesideofhisgoodandpiouswife.Pleasedwithhimself,GoodmanBrownthenhurriesthroughtheforesttoaccomplishsomeunknowntask.DeeperintheforestGoodmanBrownspiesanoldman,whoisactuallytheDevilindisguise,waitingforhim.GoodmanBrownblamesFaithformakinghimlate.Th
6、eolderman,whohasacuriousresemblancetoGoodmanBrown,carriesastaffwhichresemblesablacksnake.WhentheoldermanurgesGoodmanBrowntotakethestafftoeasehiswalk,GoodmanBrownexpressessecondthoughtsandhisintentiontogohome.TheoldermanconvincesGoodmanBrowntowalkwithhim,however,andlistentothereasonswhyheshoul
7、dcontinue.GoodmanBrownagreesandmurmursthathisforefathers,goodhonestChristians,wouldnevergoonsuchawalk.Tohissurprise,Brownfindsthisisnottrue.HiscompaniontellshimthatheiswellacquaintedwiththeBrownfamilyandthathehelpedBrown'sfatherandgrandfather
