Essay - Reaction as the Instructor Teaching the Course, You are Revising...

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***** the instructor teaching the course, you are revising syllabus for next semester. Which story WOULD ***** NOT use again and why?

If I were the instructor next semester, I would definitely eliminate "Young Goodman Brown" from the syllabus. Yes, it is important to read ***** appreciate different l*****erature from different time periods, in this case a 19th century Americ*****n author writing about colonial, Puritan New England. However, I think there are many other Nathaniel Hawthorne stories that contain similar themes without being so simplistic in their characters and ***** of symbolism. Hawthorne stories like "The Minister's Black Veil" or "Rappacini's Daughter" also contain the literary device ***** symbolism, but contain more humor or more drama, in terms of how the religious community is portrayed or what is at stake ***** ***** narr*****or.

Young ***** Brown" seems to function ***** as a simplistic fable written for a m*****gaz*****e rather than a complex work of *****rt that can provoke discussion on the level of ***** other stories on the syllabus. Also, it does not really f***** very well with the rest of ***** *****. The ***** stories on the syllabus have three-dimensional characters that show a mix ***** good *****nd bad characteristics, and face moral dilemmas. But the 'good man' of the title is suddenly confronted with a vision of hypocrisy, ***** ***** good people of the town showing their evil side. He does ***** come to ***** encounter with *****ny soul-searching, or because he has done something particularly extraordinary, in terms of the story's plot. The story is heavy-handed and ***** not make much of a 'case' for ***** effective use ***** ***** or the ***** of stories ***** clearly moral tales. Most people in ***** class have al*****y encountered fables and morality tales ***** ***** other reading, even as children, and the more complex modernist ********** are a better spur tow*****rds better writing and critical