Topic > Religious themes and religion in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story...

Not all that glitters is gold! In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The Good Young Man Brown", the author describes objects and events as a source of further effects on readers within the scope of his religion. However, the well-known fact that religion has a multitude of faces, adversities of wicked interests and mysteries, provokes more than one interpretation by analyzing the settings of Young Goodman Brown. The protagonist is a pious man, whose mind is full of the dogmas of the dominant religions of the nineteenth century in the Christian world, Roman Apostolic Catholic and Orthodox Catholic, also Apostolic Catholic but not Roman or Protestant Brown leaves his wife Faith at home and begins a journey discovering the other side, the dark side Consequently, for unwary people every sound is not only perfect to follow, but also ideal to explore and desire. Goodman's quotes denote his occupation in deep experimentation with evil spirits "There may be an evil Indian behind every tree." said Goodman Brown to himself; and looked fearfully behind him, as he added, “What if the devil himself were right at my side!” (9) This atmosphere of contemplation and the belief that evil is a natural part of the human religious path gives the connotation that every human being has the capacity to interact with the dark side of religious systems and unscrupulously absorbs widespread misconceptions. Finally, the cosmic conflict over the day of worship, the Sabbath day, has crept into Goodman's story deluded by a sweeping footnote: "the Sabbath day" is Sunday is a real assault. Hawthorne states that Goodman realized that Salem is a place where witches read on the Sabbath. “Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both on the Sabbath and on the day of the conference!” (344) Without a doubt, the discredit goes to the Puritan people who came from England seeking freedom to maintain their religious beliefs