American Literature / Unit 8 AML 0714 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Young Goodman Brown"
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The idea
Leaving his wife Faith for one night's errand in the forest, Brown finds the whole village at a witches' sabbath, including Faith herself, and never learns whether he dreamed it. He returns unable to trust anyone, and lives and dies in gloom.
In practice
One night in the woods, and a lifetime of suspicion.
Where people slip
The story refuses to say whether it happened.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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