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1. Go to the introduction and highlight the part that introduces the text
2. Go to the introduction and highlight the part that introduces the topic (different
color)
3. Go to the introduction and highlight the part that states the thesis (different color)
According the the author the theme of the story is based on the ability that evil has the
power to persuade man to do wrong and the falseness of man's virtues.
5. What part of the essay mentions an event in the story that didn’t happen the way
the essay says? (copy and paste the quotation)
Faith, in the beginning of the story, is a dedicated wife who warns her husband to
stay with her because of a vision she had in a dream.
6. Do you agree with the statement that Goodman Brown “lived an unhappy life as
an outcome of the guilt he felt for embarking on an evil journey”? Is guilt really
the reason he felt so unhappy? Explain your response.
I think that guilt is more of a subsidiary reason as to why he was so unhappy ; the main
reason for his despair was fear that what he saw wasn’t just a dream and that maybe it
really happened.
7. Find 5 different sentences with grammar errors (there are quite a few). Rewrite
the sentence and use the color red to make the right corrections (you can copy
and paste the sentences if you wish)
A.
Young Goodman Brown is representation of the Puritan belief as well as mans man's
struggle between good and evil.
B.
Nathaniel Hawthornes Hawthorne's short story of Young Goodman Brown
C.
The two meet eyes and he cries to her “Faith! Faith! ”,“ , look up to heaven, and
resist the wicked one.”
D.
Goodman Brown is completely blindsided when he awakens form from his
dream.
E.
Faith’s words traveled with Brown and his journey was full with guilt and fear for
parting her, in the back of his mind.