Literary Analysis of Kate Chopins The Story of Hour and Nathaniel Hawthornes Goodman Brown

Introduction

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Throughout history, literary works have acted as intermediaries in facilitating the conversation between the authors and their ever waiting audiences. Although most of them tend to have a basis on imaginations of the writers, some of them originate from the real life experiences. In their attempt to find a connection with their audiences, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Kate Chopin digs deep into their collection of vocabularies in a bid of producing the best possible literary works of their generations. Although they used different approaches to putting across their writing techniques, they had a common goal, to communicate their ideologies to their readers. In this deliverable, a critical analysis of the Goodman Brown and The Story of Hour will comprehensively put forth.

On the other hand, the Story of an Hour provides a representation of the negative views associated with marriage. Chopin ironically presents a woman who is delighted by the death of her husband. We see Louise being described by Chopin as being overjoyed due to her newly realized freedom. The narrator relates that although Louse had a simple pose, she expressed some power and was vibrant after getting the news of her husbands death. The narrator manages to provide a description of the world within her mind, which is described as being lively. The window that is located on the outskirts of her room tends to be vivacious just like the occurrences in her mind. In fact, the narrator describes the delight being experienced by Louise as being, monstrous joy (Literary Analysis of Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin: Language, Emotion, and Marriage. 2017).

By using contrasting languages and the structures of sentences, the writer successfully manages to bring out the emotions that Louise had hence, enabling the reader to get into her wild mind with ease. This was boosted with the way every thought that she had were described. The author forces the reader to neglect the outside world around Louise, majorly because there is nothing remarkable that its description provides. Instead, the author focuses on providing a comprehensive description of the inner-life of Louise, which shows a somber marriage, indeed (Literary Analysis of Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin: Language, Emotion, and Marriage. 2017).

Hawthorne begins his work by introducing Goodman Brown, as he bids farewell to his beloved wife (On criticism of Young Goodman Brown. 2017). As he slow but comprehensively takes the reader through his work, Hawthornes character slowly unfolds as being a Feminist. For instance, when you take a stance from the standpoint of the female characters. For example, protagonists, who are in most case male, tend to oppose the act of being sexually involved with the women. Sometimes the rejection leads to fatal consequences on the women who feel scorned. We get Brown departing from his faith but seems to not done so intentionally since he had plans of going back to his wife after the completion of his trip in the forests (Baym, 1993). However, the fact that Brown left his wife shows how males have indifferences when it comes to the security of their women. In his work, Hawthorne brings forth men who seem to have an obsession with their female counterparts but resorts to fantasy as the only way of connecting with their women.

Hawthorne uses lachrymal imagery in the course of his writing. He portrays Brown as being a changed man after his adventures in the woods. He goes further to show how Brown, as being a Puritan, false short when his morality and spirituality is called into question. Further, after identifying some witches commune, Brown fails to cry. However, Brown fails to master a continuous progress with his morality and spiritual life. This instance illustrates symbolism used by Hawthorne in the whole of his work. For example, the visible cold drops emanating from the hanging twigs when Brown is awakening seems not to be a form of Christian Baptism because there is no water sprinkling onto his head as witnessed in most of the baptism that Christians go through (Easterly, Joan Elizabeth, 1991). It is right to interpret the dewdrops as being the reprove that Brown experiences for his wickedness (Easterly, Joan Elizabeth, 1991). Not shading tears show the compassion that Brown has for witches hence cannot be a real Christian.

In conclusion, Hawthorne proves to be an excellent author. According to Williams and James (1981), Hawthorne argues that for a writer to be considered the best then, he must have some elements of little devil from within them. Hawthorne goes forth to argue that from a writer to find the best then; they should be in a position to overcome the old traditions so as to stand a good chance of writing a pulsating essay. Further, we see Williamson connecting Hawthorne to the devil himself and goes further to argue that the devil is evil on his own. He points out that Brown goes forth to meet with a triplet of Devils by himself: the first is the old man, the speaker, and then Goody Cloyse.

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