Bernardo, Danizelle Kaye

Falcatan, Roy
Gonzales, Zyrah
Mukim, Almakrim
Painagan, Ronnel
Samsul, Alwashim
(BSED-ENG3A)

Young Goodman Brown

(Analysis)

1. If the text has a tittle, what is the relationship of the title to the rest of the poem? Before
answering this question, New critical theory and practice assume the critic has read the text
several times?
 Since the Young Goodman Brown of Nathaniel Hawthorne is an allegory in which the
meaning that the character and object in the story represents abstract ideas. Formalism
approach is right to use to know the relationship of the title to the rest of the story. As we
analyze the text, we have found a lot of imagery like the pink ribbon of the cap of Faith,
it represents double-meaning which refers to the attribute of Faith and the faith of Young
Goodman. The story actually written in limited omniscient third-person narrator where
the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feeling of the story using phrases such as,
"Poor little Faith!" thought he, for his heart smote him. "What a wretch am I, to leave
her on such an errand! She talks of dreams, too. Methought, as she spoke, there was
trouble in her face, as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done to-night” Since
the story is written in limited third person point of view, it gives us an idea that the tittle
itself is the name of the protagonist in the story where the tittle contribute to the setting,
theme and other elements of fiction.
2.What words, if any, need to be defined?
 Goodman - United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as
well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
 Brown - Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids
now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
 Bedazzle - cause someone to lose clear vision, as from intense light
 Powwow - a council of or with Native Americans
 Goody - something considered choice to eat
 Besprinkle - scatter with liquid; wet lightly
 Cinquefoil - any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in
temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
 Black pine - tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green
needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches;
sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine
 Deviltry - wicked and cruel behavior
 Benignantly - in a kind manner
 Fiend - an evil supernatural being
 Catechism - an elementary book summarizing the principles of a religion
 Aptly - in a competent capable manner
 Eventide - the latter part of the day
 Sabbath - a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians
 Ocular - relating to or resembling the eye
 Hoary - having gray or white hair as with age
 Unhallowed - not hallowed or consecrated
 Abashed - feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
 Agone - gone by; or in the past
 Selectman - an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
 Cackle - emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
 Lurid - glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
 Proselyte - a new convert, especially to a religion
 Visage - the human face
 Nettled - aroused to impatience or anger
 Afeard - a pronunciation of afraid
 Unfathomable - impossible to come to understand
 Fervid - characterized by intense emotion
 Anathema - a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
 Magus -a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
 Husbandman - a person who operates a farm
 Athwart - across the course, direction, or center line of a ship
 Festoon - a decorative representation of a string of flowers
 Thither - to or toward that place; away from the speaker
 Incantation - a ritual reciting of words believed to have a magical effect
 Hoof - the hard foot of some mammals
 Forsooth - certainly; indeed (now often used ironically)
 Hag - an ugly evil-looking old woman
 Frenzied - affected with or marked by mania uncontrolled by reason
 Horrid - grossly offensive to decency or morality
 Stupefy - make dull or muddle, as with intoxication
 Zenith - the highest point of something
  Firmament - the sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
 Brandish - move or swing back and forth
 Sable - marten of northern Asian forests having dark brown fur
 Canopy - a covering (usually of cloth) that shelters an area
 Pew - long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
 Scruples - motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles

3. What words and their etymological roots need to be scrutinized?

 1. "bedazzled," beguiled by the devil, or "Beguiled by the serpent" as Eve said.
"Beguiled"means deluded by trickery, deceit, sorcery, treacheries, cunning, craftiness,
dissimulation. (The root of "guile" is wigle--Old English for sorcery.)
2. melancholy, noun. Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom. Middle English
melancolie, from Old French, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek melankholi :
melus, melan-, black + khol, bile; see ghel-2 in Indo-European Roots.

3. pious, Adj. Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the

observance of religion; devout. From Latin pius, dutiful.

4. catechism, Noun. A book giving a brief summary of the basic principles of Christianity
in question-and-answer form. French catechisme, from Old French, from Late Latin
catchismus, from Late Greek katkhismos, from katkhizein, to teach by word of mouth.

5. firmament, noun. The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky. [Middle English, from
Old French, from Late Latin firmmentum, from Latin, support, from firmre, to
strengthen. See firm2.]

6. festoon, A string or garland, as of leaves or flowers, suspended in a loop or curve

between two points. French feston, from Italian festone, from festa, feast.

7. visage, Noun. The face or facial expression of a person; countenance. Middle English,
from Old French, from vis, from Latin vsus, appearance, from past participle of vidire, to
see. See weid- in Indo-European Roots.
 8. proselytes, Noun. A new convert to a doctrine or religion. Middle English proselite,
from Old French, from Late Latin proslytus, from Greek proslutos, stranger, proselyte :
pros-, pros- + luth- aorist tense stem of erkhesthai, to go.

9. canopy, A covering, usually of cloth, suspended over a throne or bed or held aloft on
poles above an eminent person or a sacred object. Middle English canape, from Medieval
Latin canpum, mosquito net, from Latin canpum, from Greek knpeion, bed with mosquito
netting, from knps, knp-, mosquito.

10. wanton, Adj. Immoral or unchaste; lewd. Middle English- wan -deficient Old English
- wan deficient, téon.

11. anathema, Noun. A vehement denunciation; a curse: "the sound of a witch's

anathemas in some unknown tongue" (Nathaniel Hawthorne). Late Latin anathema,
doomed offering, accursed thing.

4. What relationship or pattern do you see among any words in the text?
 The pattern that I see among any words in the story is the name of his wife, where it
shows the relationship of his wife’s name to his faith. So, the word "faith" has a double
meaning. The denotative meaning of faith is strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a
religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof, which in the story, the
denotative meaning of faith refers to the faith of Young Goodman in his wife. The
connotative meaning of faith is a personal set or institutionalized system of religious
attitudes, beliefs, and practices that refer to the characteristics of faith, his wife. So, from
that, we can see the relationship between the word and the story.
From this paragraph coming from the story, we can see how Young Goodman loves his
wife and he also gives us an idea what faith really is.
"Poor little Faith!" thought he, for his heart smote him. "What a wretch am I, to leave her on
such an errand! She talks of dreams, too. Methought, as she spoke, there was trouble in her face,
as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done to-night. But, no, no! 'twould kill her to
think it. Well; she's a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night, I'll cling to her skirts and
follow her to Heaven."

5. What words in the text possess various connotative? Do these various shades of meaning
establish relationship or pattern in the text?

 The words in the text possess various connotative and are the following:
 1. Faith—The name of his wife implies his faith in his wife and in the people, he thought
were not as he expected them to be. With that, he loses his faith because of the nightmare.

2. Pink ribbons on her cap—The color pink implies love, kindness, and femininity, which
refers to his feelings towards his wife and also implies the characteristics of her.

3. Serpent: The serpent implies evil or danger; it gives a clear view of the purpose of the
story as well as the theme of the story.

4. Congregation implies an organization formed for the purpose of providing for the
worship of the devil rather than God.

5. Saint-like – implies being kindhearted and good no matter what; it describes people who
thought they were good but were actually bad.

The various shades of meaning establish relationships or patterns in the story where the
name of his wife has a relationship to his faith, the people surrounding him, the color of
his wife's ribbon cap has a relationship to his wife's characteristics, and the serpent has a
relationship to the theme of the story. The serpent has a connection to what the young
man is feeling, which is fear and apprehension that a danger, such as the devilish Indian,
will come to him.

6. What allusions, if any, are in the text? Trace these allusions to their appropriate sources and
explore how the origins of the allusions help elucidate meaning in this particular text.
 The allusions that are present on the text in Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown are the
staff in which Satan’s staff is in the shape of a serpent or a snake. Serpents and snakes
represent fertility or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through sloughing,
they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. Snakes have been
associated with some of the oldest rituals known to mankind and represent dual
expression of good and evil. It is an evil demon in a biblical symbol and the serpent it
represents Eve’s curiosity that leads her into temptation. Faith represents Christian’s
faith of Goodman Brown. When he already found out that Faith has not always been
good and faithful, he starts to think if the God really existing or not. These allusions
helps to illuminate or clarify the hidden meaning on a text in a way that for the readers to
deepen their understanding or to go beyond those words or phrases for them to know
what it tries to convey.

7. What symbols, images, and figures of speech are used? What is the relationship between any
symbol and/or image? Between an image and another image? Between a figure of speech and an
image? A symbol?
 There's a lot of imagery used in the short story of Young Goodman Brown that provokes
the readers senses to feel or imagine the young Goodman Brown's journey. The pink
ribbon of Young Goodman Brown's wife Faith symbolized of innocence and purity that
 also reflects his own from the start. There was metaphor, hyperbole, simile, and specially
allegory used in Young Goodman Brown, our group thinks and believe that it would be
his wife name's Faith that represents his own immaculate belief in the strong puritan
tradition, the serpentine staff that wiggles like a snake tells the readers about devil's
temptation that leads to the fallen religious goodman. All the image, symbol and figures
of speech used where the tools of the author to tell the message of how secret evilness in
the society destroy a man's life and outlook, as the pink ribbon falls so as goodman's
faith and religious beliefs, the puritan ways of life is no longer a bliss for the main
character to help him reach the heaven but the torture of what he thinks that secret evil
was contained from it to the gathering and upon to every people he met in the Salem
village. The one dream he had or vision he experienced in the forest changes his life into
a sad and gloomy situation because he lost his belief on his own society's goodness thus
created him into an aloof man who no longer had a beautiful relationship with his
beloved wife and Almighty God.

8. What elements of prosody can you note and discuss? Look for rhyme, meter, and stanza
patterns.
 Good vs. Evil: In “Young Goodman Brown,” the protagonist is the title character.

 Man vs. Illusion: Goodman struggles between what is real and what is not.

 Loss of Innocence: Goodman Brown turns into "A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a
distrustful, if not a desperate man,".

9. What is the tone of the work?

 From the start, the audience gets a sense that Brown will go through relentless agony
from the devilish stranger. His diction in the opening paragraphs is a good indicator of
this. He uses words such as “melancholy”, “evil”, “dreary”, and “grave” to evoke a
certain mood in the reader. Tone and Style: In “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne's
narrator takes a measured, serious tone. Even more serious and earnest are the utterances
of the Puritans themselves, who speak with an innocence and directness befitting their
religious leanings.
Overall tone of the short story is serious and formal. The reason being is because the
betrayal and evil that is happening around him. This creates a darker more mysterious
feeling to the short story.

10. From what point of view is the content of the text being told?
  Young Goodman Brown," the story is told from a limited omniscient third-person
narrator point of view. Limited omniscient third-person narrator means that the focal
point of the story is limited to one character. “Young Goodman Brown” are faith, guilt,
and good versus evil. Faith: Brown relies on the faith of others to bolster his own piety.
Without that communal sense of morality, Brown's faith is easily corrupted. Young
Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne's narrator takes a measured, serious tone. Even more
serious and earnest are the utterances of the Puritans themselves, who speak with an
innocence and directness befitting their religious leanings.

11. What tensions, ambiguities, or paradoxes arise within the text?

 In "Young Goodman Brown," Nathaniel Hawthorne, through the use of deceptive
imagery, creates a sense of uncertainty that illuminates the theme of man's inability to
operate within a framework of moral absolutism. Within every man there is an innate
difference between good and evil and Hawthorne's deliberate use of ambiguity mirrors
this complexity of human nature. Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown is misled by
believing in the perfectibility of humanity and in the existence of moral absolutes.
Upon a Puritan protagonist to convey the "self-righteous" that he regards as the
"antithesis of wisdom". Consequently, Young Goodman Brown is unable to accept the
indefinable vision of betrayal and evil that he encounters in the forest. The uncertainty of
this vision, enhanced by Hawthorne's deliberate, yet effective, use of ambiguity, is also
seen in the character of Faith, the shadows and darkness of the forest, and the
undetectable boundaries that separate nightmarish dreams from reality.

12. What do you believe the chief paradox or irony is in the text?
 From the story of a young goodman, indeed the situation of the character gives us hint in
the POV, Point of view, that when Young Goodman says farewell to his wife it let us the
readers interpret the basic event that will happened to him, like he will just travel,he is
curious why he even go in the forest? As we have many interpretations from the point of
view that the story gave us. And yet in the middle of the story it gives us the readers a
twist that we don't expect to happen. It is ironic that why he even travel? Starting his
journey when the sunset is going down? Going dark? That’s why we do believe that it is
a dramatic irony The characters’ actions have a different meaning for them than they do
for the audience, which creates tension and suspense from the text, as we interpret in the
climax of the story that we thought that young goodman is following the darkness or join
in the cult or evil but amazingly, the reader notices how Young Goodman Brown is
constantly tempted by sin, but has not yet committed it. This is especially clear when in
the end of the story, Young Goodman Brown does not join the witches.

13. How do all the elements of the text support and develop the texts chief paradox?
 As we go through the Story of Young Goodman Brown, the situation that happens in the
texts, the elements of the text support and develop by the character Goodman Brown, a
young resident of salem and the protagonist of the story, Goodman brown is a good
Christian who was married to faith. He takes pride in the family history of peity and their
reputation in the community as Godly Men. As the dilemma that the character is facing,
he was betrayed by his own belief when he is alone in the forest and this betrayal leads
him to questions the world and the people that surrounds him.as well of his curiosity and
conflict with himself. The elements such as the settings, the theme connected with each
other. Like the time and location symbolize something like when Goodman travel when
the sunset is out, and its dark, when at the darkness symbolize evil. the time and location
of the action in the forest wherein the elements of the forest its darkness and that creeps
Goodman because he is alone and this increase internal problem in fear and that supports
to develop the paradox in every situation that the character is experiencing in the Story.