HAWTHORNE’S HUMANIST PROMETHEUS IN YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN AND THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL
HAWTHORNE’S HUMANIST PROMETHEUS IN YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN AND THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL
Author(s): Xiaorui DuSubject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Hawthorne; humanism; Prometheus; puritan; The Minister’s Black Veil; Young Goodman Brown;
Summary/Abstract: In this essay, I examine Nathaniel Hawthorne’s humanism in Young Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black Veil. I argue that Hawthorne promotes a humanist world that prizes the intrinsic value of man above religious zeal or political ideology. In each of the two stories, the humanist world was inaugurated by its protagonist, whom I will analyse through invoking Prometheus, who was known for giving fire to humanity and being punished for it.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 29/2023
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 113-121
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English