represents one of his common themes, morality. A&E’s electronic biographies states, Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 and his life was steeped in the Puritan legacy (Biography Editors). His Puritan linage includes John Hathorne, a judge in the Salem witch trials. Shameful of his family’s past, he added the ‘w’ to his last name. His father, a ship’s captain, died when Hawthorne was only 4 and his Mother became over protective. This produced a childhood of isolation, initiating his interest
part, thus, a record of temptation” (Pualits 578-579). The author of “Young Goodman Brown”, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804. His family has a long standing history in Salem, as his relative John Hathorne was a judge in the Witch Trials. Soon after the trials a ‘w’ was added to the family’s last name to distance themselves from the horrors of the time (Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography). Set during
In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls get bored so they ask Tituba, Reverend Parris’s slave, to entertain them and she agreed because she loves Betty so much. Betty, Abigail, and their friends went into the woods with Tituba; while dancing and casting spells they were caught by Bettys father, Reverend Parris. The girls knew they would be publicly humiliated, whipped in front of the village, if anyone was to know about them playing in the “Devils Playground”, that’s