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The document provides instructions for analyzing Puritan literature through close reading, focusing on the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. It includes suggestions for research topics, character descriptions, setting imagery, conflicts, themes, and characteristics of Puritan writing. The analysis centers on 'The Devil and Tom Walker' and 'Young Goodman Brown,' emphasizing the themes of greed and the supernatural.

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SCBD 2

The document provides instructions for analyzing Puritan literature through close reading, focusing on the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. It includes suggestions for research topics, character descriptions, setting imagery, conflicts, themes, and characteristics of Puritan writing. The analysis centers on 'The Devil and Tom Walker' and 'Young Goodman Brown,' emphasizing the themes of greed and the supernatural.

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Analyzing Puritan Literature through close reading

Instructions: Please cite specific textual evidence and descriptive language from each short story. You can
use this graphic organizer during discussion on Wednesday(B) or Thursday(A).
Suggestion:
To have an in-depth Socratic Seminar, briefly research the following:
Puritan Literature, The Puritans, The Salem Witch Trials, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Washington Irving
“The Devil and Tom Walker” “Young Goodman Brown”

Brief historical background of Irving Hawthorne


author

Tom Walker, however, was not a


Main character - descriptive man to be troubled with any fears
language of the kind
Main character’s wife - Whatever the woman could lay
descriptive language hands on she hid away.
Minor characters - The lonely wayfarer shrank within
descriptive language himself at the horrid clamor and
clapper-clawing
Setting (and time period)
18th century Boston

Opposite side the land rises


Imagery to describe setting
abruptly from the water’s edge
into a high ridge

symbol(s) and description The Indian tomahawk

Descriptive language of the He had a shock of coarse


devil
black hair

External conflict Tom and his wife’s conflicts about money

Internal conflict Doubts about the deal that the devil offers

Foreshadowing The death of Tom’s wife


Thematic subject(s) Devil and deal
Theme Greed
Allegory Greed will leads to terrible things

Characteristics of puritan Religiously fearful of supernatural


writing creature
“The Devil and Tom Walker” “Young Goodman Brown”

Brief historical background of Irving Hawthorne


author

Main character - descriptive


language

Main character’s wife -


descriptive language

Minor characters -
descriptive language

Setting (and time period)

Imagery to describe setting

Theme(s)

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