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Page 87
... witch meeting . When Hawthorne asks whether Goodman Brown had " fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch meeting , " and replies , " Be it so if you will , " he offers an alternative possibility to the ...
... witch meeting . When Hawthorne asks whether Goodman Brown had " fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch meeting , " and replies , " Be it so if you will , " he offers an alternative possibility to the ...
Page 92
... witch - hunters " convincing is not so simple a task . Mr. Miller fails to do them justice , and this failure not only violates the " essential nature " of the episode but weakens the impact of his lesson on the audience . The witch ...
... witch - hunters " convincing is not so simple a task . Mr. Miller fails to do them justice , and this failure not only violates the " essential nature " of the episode but weakens the impact of his lesson on the audience . The witch ...
Page 93
... Witch , 20 “ written in the spirit rather than in the fact of history , " concentrates on Martha Corey , a reasonable , pious woman , and her husband Giles , a garrulous old man . Both of them talk too much , the wife too intelligently ...
... Witch , 20 “ written in the spirit rather than in the fact of history , " concentrates on Martha Corey , a reasonable , pious woman , and her husband Giles , a garrulous old man . Both of them talk too much , the wife too intelligently ...
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