Nathaniel Hawthorne does a great job of giving his readers an understanding of the Puritans and Original Sin, in his short story Young Goodman Brown. The story takes place in a Massachusetts town called Salem Village. The main character and protagonist is a man called Goodman Brown. He is changed in the story by the people of Salem. He is happily married to a young woman named Faith. Goodman Brown is about to take a …showed first 75 words of 621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 621 total…Only a few chosen of elect will be saved by good. Goodman obviously believes he is one of those chosen. All others will be damned for all eternity. That is how Goodman sees the other characters but that is okay because if the dream was real, that is how the other characters see themselves. Hawthorne did a great job of using character and symbol to give an understanding the of the Puritans and Original sin.