Young Goodman Brown
"Young Goodman Brown," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is an excellent short story from the 1800s. In this short story Hawthornes main character, Goodman Brown, goes out into the woods with the devil and is tempted by the devil each step of the way. In "Young Goodman Brown," Hawthorne uses characters who are leaders of their community and symbolistic settings to show that despite how prominent a person is he or she is capable of evil under the right conditions. ... As Goodman Brown heads into the woods with the prince of darkness, he encounters several of his community leaders creating evil.