英美短篇小_说Unit_13_Young_Goodman_Brown教材教学课件.pptVIP

Unit 13: Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne，1804-1864) outline About the author Important works Warm up questions Background Information Plot summary Analysis Critical response and impact Symbols and images About the author--Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts Writing centers on New England Moral Allegories with a Puritan inspiration Fictional Works are considered part of the Romantic Movements, or more specifically, Dark Romanticism. Inherent Evil and Sin of humanity. Believe in Determinism, a theory of Predestination. FAMILY HISTORY “Great-great grandfather, William Hathorne, ordered the whipping of Anne Coleman and four others in the street of Salem. Great grandfather, John Hathorne, was the magistrate presiding over the trial of the accused witches of Salem in 1692. IMPORTANT WORKS Short Stories: Twice-Told Tales (1828) Mosses from an Old Manse (1846) Novels: Fanshawe(1828)* The Scarlet Letter(1850) Biography: The Life of Franklin Pierce(1852) Warming- up Questions:1. What do you know about Hawthorne? 2. Is there sin or goodness when one is born? 3. Is there sin in everyone’s heart? 4. Do you have your own faith? What do you think is the use of a person’s faith in his life? 5. What do you like the story “Young Goodman Brown”? What is it about? Other townspeople inhabit the woods that night, traveling in the same direction as Goodman Brown. When he hears his wifes voice in the trees, he calls out but is not answered. He then seems to fly through the forest, using a maple staff the stranger fashioned for him, arriving at a clearing at midnight to find all the townspeople assembled. At the ceremony carried out at a flame-lit rocky altar, the newest acolytes are brought forth — Goodman Brown and Faith. They are the only two of the townspeople no