YoungGoodmanBrown.ppt

YoungGoodmanBrownNathanielHawthorneisthegreatestnovelistintheearlyninetheen’scenturyinAmerica.HeisalsotherepresentativeofAmericanromanticnovels.YoungGoodmanBrownisoneshortstoryfromMossesfromanOldMansepublishedin1846.Historybackground:ittakesplaceinthedaysofKingWilliamⅢwhoreignedfrom1688to1702,thetimewhenBrown’sgrandfather(1660s)perscutetheQuakers.
17世纪，英国新兴资产阶级主张纯洁教会，清除国教中天主教的影响，因而有"清教徒"之称。清教的基本群众是中小工商业者、商贩、手工业匠人和市民阶层。清教一方面宣传努力工作、诚实守信、勤俭节欲;另一方面反对教会礼仪的铺张浪费，并谴责一切时间物质享受，强调所谓洁身自好的精神境界。伊丽莎白女王憎恨清教徒，斯图亚特更加迫害清教徒。Quaker(贵格会)，又称ReligiousSocietyofFriends(教友派)，是Protestantism的一个派别。成立于17世纪的英国，因一名早期领袖的号诫"听到上帝的话而发抖"而"(Quaker)。Quakers反对任何形式的战争和暴力，不尊敬任何人也不要求别人尊敬自己，不起誓，反对洗礼和圣餐。主张任何人之间要像兄弟一样，主张和平主义和宗教自由。Setting:thelate17thcenturySalem,Massachusettes.Sunset,darkforest.
Atmasphere:mysteriousanddread,Gothicnovel.OneeveningnearsunsetGoodmanBrown,ayoungmanwhohasmarriedforthreemonthes,preparestoleavehishomeinSalem,Massachusetts,andhisprettyyoungwife,Faith,togointotheforestandspendthenightonsomemissionthathewillnotdiscloseotherthantosaythatitmustbeperformedbetweensunsetandsunrise.AlthoughFaithhasstrongforebodingsabouthisjourneyandpleadswithhimtopostponeit,Brownisadamantandsetsoff.Brownleavesthevillageandentersthedark,gloomy,andprobablyhauntedforest.HehasnotgonefarbeforehemeetstheDevil.HemakesanefforttoreturntoSalem.Itisatbestanattempt,thoughtheDevildoesnottrytodetainhim,Browncontinueswalkingwithhimdeeperintotheforest.
Astheygo,theDevilshocksGoodmanBrownbytellinghimthathisancestorswerereligiousbigots,cruleexploiters,andpractitionersoftheblackart—inshort,servantsoftheDevil.Further,theyoungmanistoldthattheverypillarsofNewEnglangsociety,churchandstatesarewitchesandcollaboratorswiththeDevil.Indeed,heseeshischildhoodSundaySchoolteacher,nowawitch,andoverhearsthevoicesofhisministerandadeaconofhischurchastheyridepastconversingaboutthediabolicalcommunicationservicetowhichboththeyandhearegoing.Theclimaxofthestorycomesjustbeforetheyreceivethesacramentofbaptism:YoungGoodmanBrowncriestohiswifetolookheavenw