THE WEAKNESS OF PUBLIC MORALITY
In “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne reveals what he sees as the corruptibility that results from Puritan society’s emphasis on public morality, which often weakens private religious faith. Although Goodman Brown has decided to come into the forest and meet with the devil, he still hides when he sees Goody Cloyse and hears the minister and Deacon Gookin. He seems more concerned with how his faith appears to other people than with the fact that he has decided to meet with the devil. Goodman Brown’s religious convictions are rooted in his belief that those around him are also religious. This kind of faith, which depends so much on other people’s views, is easily weakened. When Goodman Brown discovers that his father, grandfather, Goody Cloyse, the minister, Deacon Gookin, and Faith are all in league with the devil, Goodman Brown quickly decides that he might as well do the same. Hawthorne seems to suggest that the danger of basing a society on moral principles and religious faith lies in the fact that members of the society do not arrive at their own moral decisions. When they copy the beliefs of the people around them, their faith becomes weak and rootless.
Answer:
Short story is the correct answer.
Explanation:
A short story is not a common form of persuasive writing.
Answer:
D) Rhetoric
Explanation:
<u> The rhetorical model of persuasion means that the argument presented is effective and appealing, posing as the truth and presenting many valuable assertions. </u>Good persuasion should make the audience change their mind and find the presenter credible and the speech emotional. It is also good to use rhetorical devices – these are stylistic devices and figures of speech that make the argument and discussion more colorful, grab the attention of the audience, and tend to help the person persuade the audience into the argument.
Good persuasion should use the models of rhetoric persuasion which are <u>pathos </u>(emotional convention), <u>ethos </u>(the belief and principle, main idea that gathers people around it), <u>logos </u>(principle of reason), and <u>kairos </u>(timeliness of the argument, the fact that it can be used outside of the certain setting or context)
The use of imagery conjures up a vision, a
taste, a smell, or a sound for the
reader.
