Allegory In Young Goodman Brown And Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
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In "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne and "Where are you going , Where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates both present a common allegory . Between the two stories , both of the characters were revealed to the nature of evil. This unveils the common allegory , the loss of innocence. Connie is a young beautiful girl who wants to grow up and experience the adult freedoms. for example, in " Where are you going..." Oates writes ," Sometimes they did go shopping , but sometimes they went across the highway , where the older kids hung out ." Connie wants to become someone she's not , she's growing up too fast . The significance of this quote , foreshadows an upcoming the event leading up to her lost of innocence, because she hanging