Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Young Goodman Brown"

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:30 AM

Young Goodman Brown

(pp. 419-429)

First, listen to the following on-line lecture on Hawthorne and Young Goodman Brown (there is also a transcript of the lecture; the link follows):

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio)

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio transcript)

Read Young Goodman Brown.  You may also listen to an audio reading of the story at this link:

http://www.adamsmithacademy.org/etext/Young_Goodman_Brown.html

Also, here's an online study guide to help you with interpreting the story:

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Brown.html#Young%20Goodman%20Brown

Write a First Response to Young Goodman Brown. What was your initial response to the first few paragraphs of the text? What was your first impression of Goodman Brown? of Faith? of the Devil? Do you think Goodman Brown's trip into the woods was a dream/hallucination or real? What aspect of the work affected you most? Why? Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to Young Goodman Brown.

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotations from the story and tell me how the story affected you.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages

Upper left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

January 15, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Short Story; Wintersession 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN"