Young Goodman Brown
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Young Goodman Brown is a classic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of Puritanism, faith, and the nature of evil through a man's disillusioning nighttime journey into a dark forest.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Young Goodman Brown canonical | 8 |
| Goodman Brown | 2 |
| “Young Goodman Brown” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T347632 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Young Goodman Brown Context triple: [Nathaniel Hawthorne, notableWork, Young Goodman Brown]
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A.
The Minister’s Black Veil
The Minister’s Black Veil is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of sin, guilt, and isolation through the mysterious decision of a New England minister to permanently cover his face with a black veil.
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B.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
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C.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, retribution, and inherited sin through the history of a cursed New England family and their ancestral mansion.
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D.
The Awakening Conscience
The Awakening Conscience is an 1853 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies Pre-Raphaelite moral realism, depicting a kept woman’s sudden moment of spiritual and moral realization.
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E.
The Devil and Tom Walker
The Devil and Tom Walker is a short story by Washington Irving that satirically retells the Faust legend through the tale of a miserly New Englander who makes a fateful bargain with the Devil.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Young Goodman Brown Target entity description: Young Goodman Brown is a classic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of Puritanism, faith, and the nature of evil through a man's disillusioning nighttime journey into a dark forest.
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A.
The Minister’s Black Veil
The Minister’s Black Veil is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of sin, guilt, and isolation through the mysterious decision of a New England minister to permanently cover his face with a black veil.
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B.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
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C.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, retribution, and inherited sin through the history of a cursed New England family and their ancestral mansion.
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D.
The Awakening Conscience
The Awakening Conscience is an 1853 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies Pre-Raphaelite moral realism, depicting a kept woman’s sudden moment of spiritual and moral realization.
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E.
The Devil and Tom Walker
The Devil and Tom Walker is a short story by Washington Irving that satirically retells the Faust legend through the tale of a miserly New Englander who makes a fateful bargain with the Devil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| antagonist | the Devil ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| characterType | allegorical characters representing moral qualities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exploresConcept |
community hypocrisy
ⓘ
corruption of innocence ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New-England Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
allegory ⓘ dark romanticism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio dramatizations
ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStatus | American literary classic ⓘ |
| hasMoralOrMessage |
questioning the absolute goodness of individuals
ⓘ
the destructive power of suspicion and doubt ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories ⓘ |
| influenced | later Gothic and psychological fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
allegory
ⓘ
ambiguity ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Faith
ⓘ
Young Goodman Brown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Goodman Brown
the Devil ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Young Goodman Brown
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Goodman Brown
|
| publicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| publisher | The New-England Magazine ⓘ |
| setting |
New England Colonies
ⓘ
surface form:
Puritan New England
Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ a dark forest near Salem ⓘ |
| studiedIn | American literature courses ⓘ |
| symbol |
Faith’s pink ribbons
ⓘ
the forest ⓘ the staff shaped like a serpent ⓘ |
| theme |
Puritanism
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ loss of faith ⓘ original sin ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ the nature of evil ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 17th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Young Goodman Brown Description of subject: Young Goodman Brown is a classic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of Puritanism, faith, and the nature of evil through a man's disillusioning nighttime journey into a dark forest.
Referenced by (11)
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this entity surface form:
Goodman Brown
this entity surface form:
Goodman Brown
this entity surface form:
“Young Goodman Brown”