霍桑 Young Goodman Brown.ppt

Young Goodman Brown ——Nathaniel Hawthorne 1.Background 2.Main characters 3.Summary of the story 4.Theme 5. The rhetorical devices 1. Background · Recorded in Mosses from an Old Manse 《古宅青苔》 · Allegories （寓言） focus on the negative side of human nature . · The main theme：sin and innocence 2.Main Characters ·Goodman Brown ·Faith 3. Summary Setting：the late 17th century Salem, Massachusetts 4. Theme How the Puritans’ strict moral code and overemphasis on the sinfulness of humankind foster undue suspicion and distrust. The realization that evil can infect people who seem upright. One man’s virtue is another man’s sin, and vice versa. 5. Symbolism 1.Goodman Brown ＆Faith 2. Time: sunset night 3. Place: the dark forest 4. Faith’s pink ribbon(缎带)