Comparing Fall of the House of Usher, Young Goodman Brown, and Rip Van

Comparing Fall of the House of Usher, Young Goodman Brown, and Rip Van beamIn the early eighteen hundreds, literature in the Americas started a revolution of style in upcoming authors. Authors started to look towards nature for symbolism and society as a source of sin. The underlined meaning in most of these stories was meant to leave the reader with a new perspective of their personal lives and society as a whole. third stories that use this particular technique are Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown, Edgar Allen Poes Fall of the House of Usher, and Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle.Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a boloney of a man named Goodman Brown, who is of strong Puritan belief. Goodman Brown leaves his wife, Faith, to travel into the depths of the woods one dark night take by a stranger. Goodman Brown is led to some enigmatical meeting in the woods, where some of his fellow villagers are present. At this point in the story Goodman brown discovers t hat he is about to break away hidden parts of the villagers lives. This night it shall be granted to you to know their secret deeds(946). Goodman Brown feels out of place and worried that his fellow Puritans would have secret hidden sins. The conflict for Goodman Brown comes in his decision whether he should join in the unit of ammunition of sin and be like the rest of his village or hold true to his beliefs and reject any attempt to be persuaded. The climax of the story comes when Goodman Brown decides to stick by his religion and not to enter the circle of sin even though his wife, Faith, is a part of the sinning group. Faith Faithlook up to heaven and resist the wicked one(947). The mishap of Goodman Brown is tragic in an off beat sense. Goodma... .... These meanings dealt with the different aspects of live and their force of influence. These stories dealt with unexplained mysteries, imagination of characters, and the influence of nature. Each character had a authentic confl ict to confront or over come and each other their fates in the story explains the authors points of individual and societal problems. BibliographyHawthorne, Nathaniel,Young Goodman Brown. Anthology of American Literautre. Ed. George McMicheal et al 2 vols. 7th ed.New York Macmillan, 2000. Vol.1. 938-948Irving,Washingtion.Rip Van Winkle. Anthology of American Literautre. Ed. George McMicheal et al 2 vols. 7th ed.New York Macmillan, 2000. Vol.1. 619-632Poe,Edgar Allen.Fall of the House of Usher. Anthology of American Literautre. Ed. George McMicheal et al 2 vols. 7th ed.New York Macmillan, 2000. Vol.1. 763-777