This idea touches upon the second theme described by Hawthorne – lost faith (Klevay 1).
The main character realizes that people he previously trusted as being innocent are sinful and hypocritical (Hawthorne 6). The central theme described by the author is the sinfulness of the Puritans, who only pretend to be innocent. It shows that the darkness and doubts in hearts are revealed when people doubt faith which is supposed to be the guiding power. The gloomy atmosphere in the forest is also vital in the story’s setting. Young Goodman Brown tries to understand his place in life through the prism of faith. Based on the chosen location, it is rational to state that these events are the mysterious apparitions resulting from the main character’s moral sufferings. The setting is also vital in defining whether the events experienced by Young Goodman Brown are actual or not. The setting choice can be considered as the Chekhov’s gun guiding the reader to understand the implicit ideas better. Salem is a city known for its devilish events related to witches (Lawson 2). Hawthorne implements the device of allocating the setting to warn the reader about the potential danger expected to the main character during his journey. The first element was belief in God2)sacred symbols (re) defining what is real were staff, meditation, ceremony, holy psalm, pulpit and Bible 3) sacred stories connecting past, present and future was good Cristians and honestmen,and 4) a community worshiping and acting together was Cristian congregation.In conlusion, the religion elements in Young Goodman Brown short story included belief, attitude and action in everyday life.Even though the story begins with the peaceful description of the married couple, the author already shows that the narration is not as cheerful as it may seem. Based on the result of data analysis, the researcher found out data that: 1) God (s) and forces in the public square. In collecting the data, the researcher read the short story and in analysing the data the researcher identifying religion element according to Rees theory.
The data was analyzed by describing the elements of religion in short story. This research used human instrument by herself. The method applied in this research was descriptive qualitative method. The objectives of this thesis was to describe the ReligionEelementsin Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown.
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