“Young Goodman Brown” takes place around the time of the Salem witch trials, held in the spring and autumn of 1692. Young Goodman Brown Story takes place in the second half of the seventeenth century in Salem, Massachusetts Salem was a theocracy in which the Christian moral law ruled allĨ General Information General Information Young Goodman Brown The story was published in 1835.ħ General Information General Information
“Young Goodman Brown” is one of the greatest short stories in American literature. Puritan Culture Puritans were supposed to be solely focused on their relationship with the Lord Their people has little tolerance for ideas or any behavior that differed from what they considered the norm Any behaviors that were not done with God in mind were considered amoral.Ħ General Information General Information Young Goodman Brown The Puritans were a group of religious zealots who came to America in the 1630s to practice their religious beliefs freely Background Information: Puritan Culture Salem, Massachusetts, 1804 Hawthorne is most famously know for this novel, The Scarlet Letter Related to John Hawthorne, a judge for the 1692 Salem Witch Trials Hawthorne was enamored with his relative’s involvement in the trial and with Puritan culture as a whole The Scarlet Letter Author Born Works Inspiration for WorkĤ A majority of Hawthorne’s works focused on America’s Puritan forefathers Presentation on theme: "Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown."- Presentation transcript:ģ The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Author
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