This statement
from "" is Satan's voicing of the Calvinistic tenet of the depravity of man. Puritans
believed, as did the Calvinists, in the Divine predestination for the elect; all others
were evil and damned. Since Goodman Brown counts himself among this elect, he rejects any other
idea and concludes that this evil/depravity is in the others, rather than in
himself.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
In "Young Goodman Brown," Satan says Evil is the nature of mankind. How is this true?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
To what degree were the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Japan successful in regards to their efforts in economic mobilization during the...
This is an enormous question that can't really be answered fully in this small space. But a few generalizations can be made. Bo...
-
Poor white Southerners did not have an easy life in the South after the Civil War. A lot of men either did not come back from the w...
-
The forest in represents the place where nature and passion can grow freely and isn't restrained by Puritan ethics. While the P...
-
On the domestic front, the affair leads to a breakdown in trust between Elizabeth and John Proctor. John had always been such a good...
No comments:
Post a Comment