Essay on Loosing Faith in Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown

Loosing Faith in boyish Goodman brownish   Nathaniel Hawthornes, Young Goodman Brown is a story of sex, sin, and the Devil, only the entertaining things in life. Hawthorne uses umteen literary devices to impress strength in his work. Hawthorne uses these techniques to bring out the spiritual themes within the story.One of the main literary devices would be imagery. One of the most(prenominal) important images found in the story pertains to Faith and reaching heaven. Goodman Brown says, ...Ill cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven.(H-CAL 375). This follows traditional Puritan belief that if you have belief you will go to heaven. The uses of dark and light also help show the religious theme of good and evil. Dark is used to symbolize evil, the woodwind is mainly where this is seen. Light is mostly seen in the start out, before Goodman enters the forest. Before it all becomes dark and gray. Colors also played an important role. In the beginning Faith pink ribb ons in her hair, which represent that she is young and happy. With white stand for purity and red representing passion,...