Young Goodman Brown Plot Graphic Organizer
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Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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“Young Goodman Brown” is an eerie tale of one man’s fear and paranoia of evil within the world. Hawthorne uses heavy allegory to portray the idea that there is a very fine balance of good and evil all around us. Engage students with premade activities and lessons from Storyboard That.
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Young Goodman Brown Summary - Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer
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- EXPOSITION
- CONFLICT
- RISING ACTION
- "Faith I am coming!"
- The story begins when Goodman must say goodbye to his wife, Faith, to go on an errand. Faith tells Brown that she is not comfortable staying by herself and wished he would not go.
- CLIMAX
- Brown leaves, never stating the purpose of the journey, yet the reader infers that the reason is related to dark matters. On his way he encounters the devil who attempts to woo him.
- FALLING ACTION
- Despite numerous persuasive tactics, Brown refuses the devil - until he thinks he hears Faith’s scream. Using the devil’s staff, Brown is transported to the devil's forest ceremony.
- RESOLUTION
- At the ceremony, the fire lights the faces of good pious people in his community: the Deacon Gookin, Goody Cloyse, and others. Suddenly, he realizes that Faith is among them and as he tells her to resist the devil and look towards the heavens, he is transported back through the forest alone.
- The next morning, Brown returns to the village unaware if what he experienced was real or a dream. He sees the same members of the community that were at the fire and cries out, defaming them in wickedness.
- For the rest of his life, he is changed- trusting no one, especially not his wife Faith.
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