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The Setting of Nature as Evil and Benevolent in Hawthorne’s works: The Scarlet Letter and “Young Goodman Brown”

Introduction

Nathaniel Hawthorne is among the notable writers of America and a literary figure in the country’s literature. As a native of New England, during the Puritan era, he was inspired to write stories with concepts of nature and wilderness. Some notable works including “Young Goodman Brown” and The Scarlet Letter that present elements of nature as evil or benevolent setting. Hence, this paper will examine the use of nature as a setting of both evil and benevolent in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and The Scarlet Letter through the study of the narrative technique of the author and characters’ attitude towards nature.

Research question

How does the author manage to use nature in these two works as both an evil and benevolent setting?

Literature review

Methodology

This research is going to analyze the two stories considering the previous written articles about the subject to correspond to the research question.

Conclusion

This paper will prove that Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the same setting which is nature to represent two opposite ideas (evil or benevolent) in his works “Young Goodman Brown” and The Scarlet Letter.

Tentative Outline:

Thesis: the use of nature as a setting of both evil and benevolent in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and The Scarlet Letter through the study of the narrative technique of the author and characters’ attitude towards nature.

1. Introduction

   1. introduction about the author Nathaniel Hawthorne

   2. summary of “young Goodman Brown”

   3. summary of The Scarlet Letter

   4. thesis statement

1. Chapter one: analysis of “young Goodman Brown”

   1. The structure of nature

   2. Style, language, and narration

   3. Reaction of characters

1. Chapter two: analysis of The Scarlet Letter

   1. The structure of nature

   2. Style, language, and narration

   3. Reaction of characters

1. Conclusions