Characterization in Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown Essay -- Young Goo

depiction in preadolescent Goodman Brown The dialogue, action and motivation revolve rough the characters in the story (Abrams 32-33). It is the purpose of this essay to demonstrate the types of characters present in Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown, whether static or dynamic, whether flat or round, and whether protrayed finished showing or telling. There are only three well-developed, or three dimensional characters, in this short story, and they are the protagonist, Goodman Brown, and his wife, credence, and the fellow-traveller or the devil. Faith is, of course, less well developed than her husband much of her development comes from demonstration rather than from action,dialogue and explicitly expressed motivation as in the crusade of Goodman Brown. From the very outset of the tale, Goodman is a person of action YOUNG GOODMAN chocolate-brown came forth at sunset, into the street of Salem village, but put his walk back, after crossing the threshold, to ex change a parting kiss with his preteen wife. The reader sees him develop emotionally even as he walks out towards the woods So they parted and the young man pursued his way, until, existence about to turn the corner by the meeting-house, he looked back and apothegm the head of Faith still peeping after him, with a melancholy air, in spite of her pink ribbons. Poor little Faith thought he, for his mall smote him. What a wretch am I, to leave her on such an errand She dialogue of ambitiousnesss, too. Methought, as she spoke, there was trouble in her face, as if a dream had warned her what work is to be d unrivaled tonight. But, no, no twould kill her to think it. easily shes a blessed angel on earth and after this one night, Ill cling to h... ...h these grave, reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church, these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of card-playing lives and women of spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and sur mise even of horrid crimes. In this essay on Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown we have seen that the narrators use of the showing technique presents two dynamic characters, three round characters and a host of undeveloped, static characters. WORKS CITED Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms, 7th ed. New York Harcourt wind up College Publishers, 1999. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Young Goodman Brown. 1835. http//www.cwrl.utexas.edu/daniel/amlit/goodman/goodmantext.html Wagenknecht, Edward. Nathaniel Hawthorne The Man, His Tales and Romances. New York Continuum Publishing Co., 1989.