Similarities Between Young Goodman Brown And Rip Van Winkle

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Both Nathaniel Hawthorne’s young Goodman brown and Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle have meaning beyond what you read on the surface. Young Goodman brown is on a hero quest, but is searching for himself. When Young Goodman Brown meets with the devil he blames being late on his faith, you would think he meant his wife faith. What he really meant was his spiritual faith stopping him from being on time with the meeting with the devil. After his community, did not like Young Goodman Brown, and eventually he was exiled from his community.
When Young Goodman Brown goes into the woods he thinks that he would find something much different than the God – fearing Puritan’s society that he is used to. When you are on somewhat of a hero quest though

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