purposely leaves the question of whetherwas awake or dreaming unanswered at the end of his short
story. Readers are forced to make their own interpretations of whether the wicked communion in
the depths of the forest actually happened. Many scholars have also debated whether Goodman
Brown was awake or simply dreaming. In my opinion, Young Goodman Brown dreamed the entire evil
communion. The fact that Goody Cloyse vanishes in the forest after the Devil gives her his
serpentine staff as well as the fact that Goodman Brown flies through the forest indicates that
he was...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Does Goodman Brown really attend a witches' Sabbath or does he dream about it?
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