Young Goodman Brown

Young Goodman Brown
If you didn't (fully) read the story now is the time to tell me!
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This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Young Goodman Brown
If you didn't (fully) read the story now is the time to tell me!

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Page 8, halfway down
Why does the old man (Satan) laugh so loud?
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A
Goodman Brown confesses he doesn't know the governor
B
Goodman Brown is afraid of the minister
C
Satan knows that the minister himself is a bad man
D
Satan finds Brown's love for Faith ridiculous

Slide 2 - Quiz

They see an old woman, by the name of Goody Cloyse.
What is her relation to YGB? She is...

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A
his mother
B
his Sunday school teacher
C
his English teacher
D
his sister

Slide 3 - Quiz

Page 9, 1st half
The old man makes a new staff. What happens to it?

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Slide 4 - Open question

Page 10, halfway down
“My Faith is gone”
What happened to make YGB realise this?
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Slide 5 - Open question

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Page 11 – the Communion
All the “good” people of the village are with Satan.
What sort of things have these so-called “good” people done?
(Bottom of the page)

Slide 6 - Mind map

Page 12 – Faith and YGB are to be baptised by Satan
2nd half: YGB is back in Salem. What has changed?

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Slide 7 - Open question

Discuss:
Was it a dream? If so, when did YGB fall asleep? 

(Two possible answers)

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Discuss:
Is it important for the message of the story whether it was a dream or not? 

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Discuss:
This story is an allegory. An allegory is a metaphor continued throughout the entire story.

So: what metaphor underpins this story?
(what is compared with what?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne
* Lived: 1804 - 1864
* Salem witch trials: 1692/93 in Puritan society
* ~200 people accused; ~30 found guilty; 78% women
   (Puritan belief: women weak > cannot resist Satan [Eve!])
* Nathaniel's grandfather! > Nathaniel's feelings of guilt
* The Scarlet Letter

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Now do the analysis!
Page 6 of your reader.

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