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?Young Goodman Brown? and History           

 
   Q. D. Leavis states that ?perhaps the persecuting aspect of their way of life was peculiarly present to Hawthorne because of the witch-hanging judge and the Quaker-whipping Major among his ancestors? (30). This is a reference to one instance of historical allusion in Nathaniel Hawthorne?s ?Young Goodman Brown.? This essay will explore a variety of historical incidences referred to in this short story.

 

Clarice Swisher in ?Nathaniel Hawthorne: a Biography? states:

 

William Hathorne was a colonial magistrate involved in the persecution of Quakers, another Protestant religious group. Hawthorne later described him as ?grave, bearded, sable-cloaked, and steeple-crowned,? a hard, dark man. His son John Hathorne was well known as a Puritan judge who condemned women as witches in 1692 during the Salem witchcraft trials, and who later expressed no remorse for his actions. . . . Of his ancestors, especially Judge John, Hawthorne later said, ?I . . . hereby take shame upon myself for their sakes, and pray that any curse... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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