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1、YoungGoodmanBrownisoneofthebestshortfictionswrittenbyNathanielHawthornein1835.IttellsusastorythatYoungGoodmanBrown,areligiouselement,lefthiswifeFaithandventureddeepintotheforesttoattendtheassemblyofevilinordertosatisfyhiscuriosity.However,asaneyewitnessofthecongregation,bothsinnersandsaintsandinc
2、ludinghisfaithfulwifeFaithhadconvertedthedevil,youngGoodmanBrownbrokedownandbecameazombie.OwingtotheclosenessofshortstoriesandthefeaturesofHawthorne’snovels(symbolismandindirectness),onlywhenwedodeepanalysisonit,thewholeworldofthestorycanbestretchedout.Andthispaperanalysestheinnermeaningofsomewor
3、dsandphrasesofYoungGoodmanBrownfromthreeaspects:Firstly,what’stheinnermeaningofsomewordsinthisstory.Secondly,whyHawthornewrotethisstory,whichincludingthesatireatpolitics,society,racialdiscriminationandtheintrospectiononSalemWitchTrials.Thirdly,howtoseethegoodandevil.What’stheinnermeaningofsomewor
4、dsinYoungGoodmanBrown?Salem:①Hawthorne’shometown.②ItwaswheretheSalemWitchTrialsof1692happened.③Itmeansacityofpeace.④ItisthelatterpartofJerusalem,whichshowsthestrongbeliefinChristianismofearlycolonistYoung:①GoodmanBrownwasinayoungage.②HejustestablishedhisfaithofGodandjustmarriedwithFaith.③Hehasthe
5、curiositytolearnabouttheworld.Goodman:①Goodman,good-heartedperson.②Itisagivenname,whichwasgivenbyfamiliesratherthanbornwith.③Irony.Brownisnotactuallyagoodmanforhecheatedonhiswife(myjourneyisforthandbackagain),himself(felthimselfjustifiedinmakingmorehasteonhispresentevilpurpose),thedevil(theynever
6、spokethesesmatters)andalsoGoodyCloyse(cutthroughthewoodsuntilleftherbehind).Brown:①acommonlastname.②averageperson,everyman,everyman.③brownisacolorthatgeneratedbymixingblack,redandwhite.ItalsoreflectsthatBrownisnottotallyasinnernorasaint.④Brownisalastnamepasseddownfromgenerationtogenerationwhichca
7、nnotbechangedanditalsoreflectsthateveryonehastheoriginalsin.⑤Somethingtiressomebody.ItindicatesthedeathofBrown.Faith:①StrongreligiousbeliefinGod②Loyaltolove.③Purityofhumannature.④Goodman’swifeandalsoapartofGoodman’sbel
