Monday, August 26, 2013

In the story "Young Goodman Brown", what are some examples of his use of reversals?

One reversal is in how the young married couple deals with the night in question. Brown and Faith are apart from one another one whole night, yet they react in different ways.

While Brown is unable to get past his suspicion of Faith's attending a black mass, Faith forgives her husband's absence for a whole night. Brown has no true proof, because he cannot determine whether he experienced a terrible dream or real event, he still holds her "supposed" fall from grace against her.

Faith, on the other hand, definitely knows her husband disappeared for the whole night, but she forgives him this indiscretion.

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