...thank the good God for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know his Mother” (Chopin pg.425). This explains his inheritance obviously his mother was part black, and he had no clue. Armand portrays himself as a prejudice man. If he would have known this, he would have a different outlook on his wife and child. 7. How does Chopin use diction in her favor to evoke feelings of sympathy for Desiree and her child as they are walking into the bayou? Cite specific diction and explain the connotative impact of this word choice. What is symbolic about Desiree’s death? The stone pillar symbolizes Desiree’s Death. It is unknown if she made it to her Mother’s home. The pillar is a honoring figure. Desiree slept in its shadow, it becomes a vision on her death. 8. Discuss the symbolism of the fire at the end of the story? Explain your thoughts. Armand constructed the fire that was planned to burn Desiree’s possessions and her child’s. Fire is a representation of renaissance and...
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...described in more detail then it was. Concentrating more on the anxiety he was feeling would have led the reader to believe that the events were not real. I also saw this story as an allegory. I saw the allegory after reading the story two times. I think it is centered on Goodman Brown having a bumpy past and that he wants to go beyond his past and reach heaven. The characters names also show the religious allegory in the story. The names Goodman and Faith are used and the characters are then soon faced with terrifying evil. I think that Goodman Brown and his wife, Faith’s names symbolize that they are good, religious people and that Goodman is making up everyone being evil in his head. I found an essay by Alexa Carlson that described the symbolism in light vs. dark, forest vs. town, nature vs. human, and fantasy vs. reality. In her paper, Essay #1: Young Goodman Brown, she states that “…fantasy vs. reality are employed to reinforce the idea that good and evil have been set up as strict categories into which no one, not even the religious figures of the community, fit neatly.” As she later writes, if Hawthorne was apprehensive about “what he considers right and wrong in terms of human behavior, I think he would have spend more time building up his tragic end.” “Young Goodman Brown” was a pretty sad story because he was happy with all the locals and his faith until the trip came into Goodman Brown’s life. Goodman is pure going into the forest, but in a sense comes out of the forest...
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