(精选)英美短篇小 说Unit 13 Young_Goodman_Brown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. Plot summary The story begins at dusk in Salem Village, Massachusetts as young Goodman Brown leaves Faith, his wife of three months, for some unknown errand in the forest. Faith pleads with her husband to stay with her, but he insists that the journey must be completed that night. In the forest he meets an older man, dressed in a similar manner and bearing a physical resemblance to himself. The man carries a black serpent-shaped staff. The two encounter Goody Cloyse, an older woman, whom Young Goodman had known as a boy and who had taught him catechism, in the woods. She complains about the need to walk and, evidently friendly with the stranger, accepts his snake staff and flies away to her destination. 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 a