Understanding "Young Goodman Brown," Scene 6 (of 6)

[@CS-po8ui]

Hello I watched all 6 of your videos on Young Goodman Brown last week!!! I read the story after too. Which I understood and enjoyed reading. I received my test back today and I got a 100% A!!! Thank You :-)

[@floyd5052]

U are awesome, the way u explain

[@HajarHussaini]

I watched all 6th scenes. Thank you. It was really helpful, especially for a someone whose English is her third language and doesn't know shit about old English literature. I read the story two times, but didn't get it at all. Watching this made my day. So thanks.

[@infinitafenix3153]

I enjoyed your videos very much, they are articulated, clear and to the point. I also like the way you present them, simple, easy to follow and to listen to, not disturbing music, not long unnecessary introductions... THANKS VERY MUCH!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Infinita Fenix I'm glad! You're very welcome. Thanks so much for commenting!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Infinita Fenix I'm glad! You're very welcome. Thanks so much for commenting!

[@tsismuajhunbncaim]

Thank you so much for these interpretations of the story. English is my second language and by listening to you after reading the story helps me to understand the story completely. You are a great teacher.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're very welcome!

[@MrAnthonyVance]

The two words that best summarize your analysis of "Young Goodman Brown" ... Very Insightful. And the two words that best summarize my reaction to your analysis ... Very Grateful.

[@randommarc1655]

Thank you for helping me better understand this complex short story!! It’s definitely something to ponder over in our own lives but to not ponder too much, in a balance of naivety and knowledge there is happiness. Too much “knowledge” so to speak would only end in gloom as did with Mr. Goodman.

[@robinvirya3709]

Thank you for saving me! I was drowning in this story, and now I actually understand. You are a fantastic person for doing this!

[@jenifertalamantesbarraza7944]

I am beyond grateful for these videos explaining in depth. Due to COVID19 I was unable to attend in'person ENG 102 Class. However, watching these videos really helped me understand the reading for my assignment. THANK YOU SO MUCH, you are really extraordinary at explaining.

[@felicityh.7442]

Hi! I have a test tomorrow on Nathaniel Hawthorne and these videos on YGB have helped me understand the plot and happenings much better! Thank you!

[@cherriessonntopp]

I have to write an essay about the moral ambiguity of the characters in this story, and I did not understand the story until watching your videos! Now, I am confident in this essay. Thanks so much!

[@lethe1559]

After watching your 6 videos...the story become very clear to me...i read this story 2times but i couldn't understand...Thank you so much....😍

[@theodorealfano9278]

You nailed it smarty pants. Super helpful. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a genius and his short story really sends a great message that hopefully gives people a better perspective.

[@XellossBoi]

A very good analysis. I've just recently finished this story for the first time, and your insight has given me a lot of focus for my own. Thank you! I also appreciate your putting the MLA citation guide at the end for those who might need it. Very thoughtful!

[@playerman113]

Wow, this was great helped clear things up for me. My english teacher will love my report now :)

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Good! Glad this helped.

[@jafarnovruzov1060]

Wonderful. Thank you. Much needed video series. One of the rare KZbin channel that provides such a clear explanation for literature. My respects and best regards.

[@lucasballinger3949]

Learned more in this 6 part series in an hour than I have in two weeks of studying the story

[@julialight2612]

Hawthorne is much deeper than just the moralist you make him out to be. And he remains a deeply Protestant writer. After all, a person has no power over its dream! There's no choice for Brown, as there is no choice for anyone. Brown was a lost person. And the dream, the unconscious only showed him his path which lies beyond the faith/Faith. And then Brown lives out his life, already realizing that he is lost.

[@Jesus_daughter01]

OMG you are amazing, you express this story in a very good way and let me understand the whole story. Thank you 💜 God blesses you ❤️

[@scm1716]

I’ve read this story many times and very much enjoyed your thoughts on it. Thank you. As a side note: the “domestic worship” of the deacon near the end was a daily family worship practice made up of Bible-reading, singing, and prayers, almost always led by the father of the family. In some very conservative Christian circles “family worship” is still prevalent.

[@racheltaylor2115]

You are amazing!!!! Thank you for explaining all of these stories! I don't know what I would do without you....

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Thanks! Glad to help. :-)

[@hopec.5607]

Your comments were insightful and professional!

[@SarahNova]

I’ve been out of school for a while now, and found some of my old school books. I decided to start reading one that I never read and this story was the first in the book. I kind of got the general idea of the story, but your videos were a huge help in really understanding the meaning. Thanks for the great video series!

[@domingoeric]

You are the best Rebecca! Don't ever stop making this videos you help a lot of people. Thank you so much :)

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Thanks! I'm so glad. It feels good to help and to share my love of literature. :-)

[@jenslivingbby]

Thank you so much for this series on YGB, it has been a huge help!! You're awesome!

[@natyelen2011]

i tried reading but i have a hard time understanding stories specially like this one. Im very thankful you cleared it out! i watched all 6 videos and can easily write my paper and discuss in class! thank you again.

[@samanthab6688]

You are an angel. Thank you so much for going in depth about this story. My american literature class is currently covering this story and I was too lazy to read it. You clarified everything for me

[@ComsmicMonkey]

Thank you so much for creating this 6 video exploration and understanding of such a great, yet confusing story! You're awesome! Please continue creating videos!!!

[@baselzain5886]

Thanks a million for clarifying this story. Your explanations were really clear and helpful. Appreciate your hard work.

[@chloeshek]

This helped a lot. Thanks, I had a hard time reading the story and figuring out all the deep meaning. I wish the story itself can be simpler.

[@aredhel9659]

Omg, thank you so much for this, it helped me a lot, because I forgot to read the story for my American Literature classes and now I think I understand almost everything. You did ana amazing job, I was listening with curiosity, you've got a gift of tranfering the knowledge to other people. Thank you again and wish you all the best :*

[@yigityaylacicegi5898]

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome!

[@9422eduardo]

Now i understand the story for my assignment thank you a lot professor I appreciate all yours reviews of all of the story's and taking of your time to teach us a very well article of this story. Thanks alot 👌🏻👍🏻

[@mannyp.8519]

I honestly appreciate what you're doing, you helped me understand this text much better. keep doing what you're doing, and be sure that I'll come back to you for future readings.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

My pleasure! Glad to help!

[@willrobinson1229]

Really excellent explanation and analysis of this amazing short story. 👍👍👍 I always thought it was an indictment of the New England propensity to always look for the weaknesses and failings in one's neighbors. This tendency still exists and it's built in part on a false sense of superiority and self-righteousness. It's a very complex subject, the Puritan mindset, and you brought up some really excellent ideas.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

William Robinson SO true! What a good insight. I will add that Puritan tendency to my future discussions in class. Thanks!

[@willrobinson1229]

SixMinuteScholar Cool!

[@dc77705]

Thank you! I know this is years after you posted it, but it really did help me understand the story better

[@TheLittlemama3000]

thank you so much for this.... i have a really hard time just reading literature and finding the deeper meaning on my own so thanks and i wish there was more of this as in more explanations of stories

[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome! I'll try to do more stories and poems. Good luck with your class!

[@TheLittlemama3000]

Thanks finals this week :(

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Adelaide Elam Good luck! Finish strong!

[@nicktherecordlover1969]

This was excellent! I read this story in High School and understand it much better! Thank you!

[@yunietpiloto4425]

You are amazing at doing this. I hope to see you more often doing this kind of narrations in my future readings ;)

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Well, thanks! You made my day. :-)

[@staylachuiro1514]

Today, I have an exam in this short story ! u helped me so much , God Bless You Rebecca

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Hope your exam went well!

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You Madam just helped a Filipino teenager struggling to understand this story :)

[@brikoubald1988]

Thanks alot professor this is really helpful wish me luck in my final exams. this story is included in it, and you just saved my life. Student from morocco .

[@jacobcapetillo3033]

Thank You ! Been awhile since I've read stories like this so you helped me a lot.

[@demajo89]

thx for that wonderful 6part interpreation and explanation! helped a lot a lot! I also really liked the way your were going through the different scenes. for me, Hawthorne is quite difficult to understand, but you made it much more easier! thx again :)

[@utswoman]

You're great! The way that you explain the story, it's amazing! Thank you very much

[@afnanalsarrawi4957]

I watched all 6 videos and they were really helpful thank you so much 🙏🏻🖤

[@beatrizlourdes3698]

Thank you so much, I had read the story before , but with these videos I could to understand more about it. thanks

[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome!!

[@TBurke88]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPOUNDING ON SOME OF MY THOUGHTS! I had better understanding based on your summary. While reading this work, I instantly thought of my previous reading Dante Inferno. Ironically, you brought this point up at the end. Again thank you. I am about to read A Christmas Carol-Dickens. 1 week left of American Literature.

[@sunnyx9938]

This is really helpful for me to understand the whole story.

[@Wiyt]

Thank you very much for the transcribed captions. Very concise and easy to comprehend. :D

[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome!

[@KushKussh]

I know this is old but if you get notifications or ever look to see if you helped ppl. I very much enjoyed these videos , great explainations.

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This was wonderful! I love that your touched by the reading. I really enjoyed it.

[@JoseMartinez-cy8oj]

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[@corinnastenzel9819]

thank you! you did a great job there - I really was confused about this story and weren't sure what to think of :) you enlightened me ;)

[@sophialoveswho]

Thank you so much for sharing! I watched all six of the vedios and you helped me understand so much better!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@astridediva]

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[@sovereignviper]

There may be more to this story, that even perhaps she in the video has not discussed. In the sense of dark conspiracies which really do happen in our world. Otherwise, I think this was a great and very helpful breakdown of the story

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Thank you for this. My Intro to Literature professor assigned this to the class. I read it but couldn't grasp it the meaning. Thank you once again.

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@Saffron-sugar]

Maybe that explains what happens to some people? When they're lovely people, then one day they're completely changed? Maybe they have some sort of bad trip/negative revelation and never come back

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Saffron Sugar Yes, I guess this can happen to folks. Too bad!

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@paulalibby1072]

Hawthorne was also plagued with the knowledge that some of his ancestors were also part of the Salem Witch Trials and they were not the completely Godly people that were venerated in early New England History, for lack of a better way of putting it. Their hypocrisy and involvement in such an event was shameful to him, to the point where he changed the spelling of his name and added a W to Hathorne. So, evil touched his ancestors although they were considered Goodmen, as it touches all of us through our big or small acts or social mores of the time, ie. the belief in witches, religious bias or prejudice. A little background on Hawthorne's family history would also add to the depth of why he wrote this story I think.

[@loganmcfar530]

Did anyone do a research paper on this? Can you please somehow give it to me please thanks. I’m a junior in highschool

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome! Good idea; I'll put that poem on my list!

[@saadaouimajda2011]

Thanks so much . i would be pleased , if you could analyze ' the Great Gatsby '.Or just give a brief analysis about it. Thanks again , i enjoy your lesson .

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Majda Saadaoui Great Gatsby is a good idea! I haven't read that in a while, so I need to do a thorough reading before I try to analyze it. Wish I could be more help to you!

[@saadaouimajda2011]

Thanks so much!!! I will wait for it!! Although I'm not a native speaker, I get all your points easily. I have an exam today on young Goodman Brown and I really appreciate your simplified explanation of that story.

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