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story is precisely about the relationship between imagination and reality. Goodman Brown may
have a powerful imagination, or strange things may have happened to him in the forest. It is
also possible that these strange things happen to him precisely because he is sensitive to
supernatural forces (through his imagination) that less sensitive people would not notice; that
is, Goodman is a visionary.
Hawthorne may be telling a story about one person
and his walk through the woods. He may also be relating anof a spiritual journey that includes
temptation and...
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