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Podcast: A New Voice of Freedom
Episode: Season 2 Podcast 91 Anatomy of Temptation
Description: Anatomy of TemptationIn Nathanial Hawthorne’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne analyzes the subtle deceits that Satan uses to entice us to abandon our faith. We know from the title that Brown is young, meaning he is unschooled in the ways of the world and the wiles of Satan. “Good Man” Brown suggests that he has been good his entire life and has not yet been tempted. His wife is named faith, which, of course, represents the faith of Young Goodman Brown. But his faith is not perfect, amidst her white garments she wears a pink ribbon...