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The main theme of the Nathaniel Hawthorne's, " Young Goodman Brown," is the struggle between Goodman Brown's faith, power to resist his own evil impulses and his own doubts within him. It is a story of Young Goodman Brown's personal conflict over his inner desires and its greater meaning conflict between good and evil in the world. The characteristics of Young Goodman Brown are similar to the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne had his own doubts about his own Puritan life and beliefs. There are numerous examples in this story whereby Hawthorne clearly demonstrates to the reader Goodman Brown's personal internal conflict between good and evil.
Hawthorne's knowledge of the historical background of Puritanism combined with the personal experience of his early life and the history of his own family merge into the actions that Young Goodman Brown takes. "Good men" in Hawthorne's day were those who came from a "proper" family. The influence of Puritan religion, culture and......

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