Goodman Brown

No matter what period of time you live in there is always the thought in everyone’s mind of the devil or some type of evil spirit. These two short stories, Young Goodman Brown and The Man in the Black Suit, took place in different time periods. However, both of these main characters thought of some evil being in existence and had encounters with these evil beings. Both of these stories took place in times when religion was a very important of everyday life. They were times when the speak of evil or signs of evil doing were treated with the most severe punishment. Both of these stories have many similarities, but also some differences. In this paper these two stories will be compared and contrasted to show this.
Young Goodman Brown, took place around 1835 in a town in New England during the period of time when the Salem Witch Trials were taking place. The Man in the Black Suit, was based on the story of Goodman Brown. It took place in 1914 in a country setting. Both of the...