Comparing Young Goodman Brown And The Minister's Black Veil
Veil vs. Goodman I
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories Young Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black Veil there are many thematic connections between both protagonists and antagonists. Some of the protagonistic similarities in these tales embrace that both of the characters become complacent about the community that they have come to know and love. In the case of The Minister’s Black Veil Parson Hooper undergoes a transformation as an energetic preacher, revered by all, to a social pariah when he dawned the black veil. Doing so caused uneasy feelings in the community around him, which led to the building of contempt against him. Similarly, in the case of Young Goodman Brown his journey into the ‘forest’ left him world-weary of the place and peoples he grew to love from childhood including his father and grandfather. Which in turn caused Brown to have an exponentially …show more content…
Evil must be your only happiness.” (Norton)
In the case of the Minister Parson Hooper it seems that he decides to embody the evils that his is witness to. In doing so Hooper advents the black veil then wears it with a ‘sad smile’ as he goes about a ministers duties. Often regarded …show more content…
All be it that the outcomes were very different. Hooper learned of the wickedness of society and chose to express it in his physical appearance, the veil. When the citizens gazed upon him with contentious eyes it was the malcontent which stirred in their own bodies. Brown discarded social connections and saw the world as hypocritical usurpers. Also in Brown’s case it could be as a simile to the fall of Adam and Eve in the Eternal Garden in which Eve (Faith) was tempted by the figure in the woods. It could have possibly been an attempt to save Brown, if it really
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories Young Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black Veil there are many thematic connections between both protagonists and antagonists. Some of the protagonistic similarities in these tales embrace that both of the characters become complacent about the community that they have come to know and love. In the case of The Minister’s Black Veil Parson Hooper undergoes a transformation as an energetic preacher, revered by all, to a social pariah when he dawned the black veil. Doing so caused uneasy feelings in the community around him, which led to the building of contempt against him. Similarly, in the case of Young Goodman Brown his journey into the ‘forest’ left him world-weary of the place and peoples he grew to love from childhood including his father and grandfather. Which in turn caused Brown to have an exponentially …show more content…
Evil must be your only happiness.” (Norton)
In the case of the Minister Parson Hooper it seems that he decides to embody the evils that his is witness to. In doing so Hooper advents the black veil then wears it with a ‘sad smile’ as he goes about a ministers duties. Often regarded …show more content…
All be it that the outcomes were very different. Hooper learned of the wickedness of society and chose to express it in his physical appearance, the veil. When the citizens gazed upon him with contentious eyes it was the malcontent which stirred in their own bodies. Brown discarded social connections and saw the world as hypocritical usurpers. Also in Brown’s case it could be as a simile to the fall of Adam and Eve in the Eternal Garden in which Eve (Faith) was tempted by the figure in the woods. It could have possibly been an attempt to save Brown, if it really