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1、"YoungGoodmanBrown"(1835)isashortstorybyAmericanwriterNathanielHawthorne.Thestorytakesplacein17thcenturyPuritanNewEngland,acommonsettingforHawthorne'sworks,andaddressestheCalvinist/Puritanbeliefthathumanityexistsinastateofdepravity,exemptingthosewhoareborninas
2、tateofgrace.HawthornefrequentlyattemptstoexposethehypocrisyofPuritancultureinhisliterature.Inasymbolicfashion,thestoryfollowsYoungGoodmanBrown'sjourneyintoself-scrutinywhichresultsinhislossoffaith.PlotsummaryThestorybeginsatsunsetinSalem,Massachusetts,asyoungG
3、oodmanBrownleavesFaith,hiswifeofthreemonths,foranunknownerrandintheforest.Faithpleadswithherhusbandtostaywithherbutheinsiststhejourneyintotheforestmustbecompletedthatnight.Intheforesthemeetsaman,dressedinasimilarmannertohimselfandbearingaresemblancetohimself.T
4、hemancarriesablackserpent-shapedstaff.ThetwoencounterMistressCloyseinthewoodswhocomplainsabouttheneedtowalkand,evidentlyfriendlywiththestranger,acceptshissnakestaffandfliesawaytoherdestination.Othertownspeopleinhabitthewoodsthatnight,travelinginthesamedirectio
5、nasGoodmanBrown.Whenhehearshiswife'svoiceinthetrees,hecallsouttohisFaith,butisnotanswered.Hethenseemstoflythroughtheforest,usingamaplestaffthestrangerfashionedforhim,arrivingataclearingatmidnighttofindallthetownspeopleassembled.Attheceremony(whichmaybeawitches
6、'sabbath)carriedoutataflame-litrockyaltar,thenewestconvertsarebroughtforth—GoodmanBrownandFaith.Theyaretheonlytwoofthetownspeoplenotyetinitiatedtotheforestrite.GoodmanBrowncallstoheaventoresistandinstantlythescenevanishes.ArrivingbackathishomeinSalemthenextmor
7、ning,GoodmanBrownisuncertainwhetherthepreviousnight'seventswererealoradream,butheisdeeplyshaken,withthebeliefhelivedinaChristiancommunitydistorted.HeloseshisfaithinhiswifeFaith;heloseshisfaithinhumanity.Heliveshislifeanembitteredandsuspiciouscynicalman,waryofe
8、veryonearoundhim,includinghiswifeFaith.Hawthorneconcludesthestorybywriting:"Andwhenhehadlivedlong,andwasbornetohisgrave...theycarvednohopefulverseuponhistombstone,forhisdyinghourwa
