Englsih Literature

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31 July 2009

English Literature

Introduction

In our lives , we are bound to follow a whole set of norms and standards . Ethics , morality , and justice - all these are expected to shape the basis for our continuous prosperity , A person who dares to cast some doubts on the way this life is being governed by faith morality , and justice is fated to experience a whole range of negative reactions . Whether in religious or in secular terms , disbelief never leads to any positive

outcomes . In Nathaniel Hawthorne 's Young Goodman Brown , Joyce Carol Oates 's Where Are You Going , Where Have You Been ? and Flannery O 'Connor 's A Good Man Is Hard to Find disbelief comes out as the reflection of the nature of evil - the evil that not a single personality has sufficient power to tame , but which nevertheless leaves some room for reconsidering the distorted moral norms , to which a person in disbelief tends to adhere

Many people come to experience disbelief , which is either the result of excessive reliance on religious scriptures or grows out of complete absence of human trust toward other people . Such disbelief never leads to anything positive , but on the contrary , can be viewed as the reflection of the true nature of evil . In Young Goodman Brown , religious disbelief bs on the mistrust the protagonist is bound to suffer throughout his life . His momentary experience in the forest does not leave him any chance to restore his...