Point 1

In the stories Young Goodman Brown and Paradise Lost we can see a resemblance of the devil even thought they play a different part in both stories. Goodman is a simple guy who believes in god and has a very strong faith in his lord but he will then encounter a very difficulty task. On the other hand, in Paradise Lost Lucifer aka devil is challenge in different ways but one thing is that he hates god and everything he stance for. While both stories have different points of view they also have similarities too. Lucifer and Goodman Brown may be different but they are both alike in some ways one for good and the other for evil.

In the story, “Young Goodman Brown” it is about a man who is married to his wife Faith and he decides to go on this journey one night. Goodman is whisper something in his ear from his wife and that is, she tells him don’t go and instead go to bed with me and leave that journey for the morning instead. In addition, Goodman decides to leave after all, he will then travel into the dark forest where he encounters this older man who reflects a similarity to Goodman Brown, but Goodman discovers a weird thing about this man and that is that he has a staff with a black serpent who seems to be alive. Also, Goodman assumes this older gentleman is the Devil Aka (Lucifer) he will then refuse the staff from this man as he states “My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians, since the days of the martyrs. And Shall I be the first of the name of Brown, that ever took this path, and kept-” (pg. 378) Meaning he is basically explaining that he will not do any such thing that will bring him into the dark side that he rather be loyal to his God. As you can see in the video below, it is a refelection when man encounters the devil.

However, in book one of “Paradise Lost” it explains how the devil became the devil and how he was vanished into hell by God himself. The one thing that Lucifer wanted was revenge for being thrown into hell, so he knew that he couldn’t beat god physically, so he was going to beat the almighty god using the method by making mankind evil and turn them against god. One thing that Young Goodman Brown and Paradise Lost book one, has in common is that they both explain in the story about a snake and how it relates to the Devil. In Young Goodman Brown it mentions that snake as a staff who the old man carries with him but eventually gives to brown, as for Paradise Lost it mentions that snake as stated “Who made them do this awful thing? It was that snake from Hell, wasn’t it. His envy and thirst for revenge made him go trick Eve the way he did.” (From verse 33. In book one from Paradise Lost). Nevertheless, both stories have one thing in common and that is the snake aka Lucifer and as you will see in the picture below it is the serpent who takes place of lucifer himself.

In addition, in book four of Paradise Lost it talks about Lucifer and how he was once an angel and how his high position just wanted him to get higher in power but before that could happen he was thrown into hell. Even though, Lucifer knew he could not defeat god he thrives for power just not in the good way, he states “All good is lost to me. Evil will become my good. Let God rule over the world of good. I will rule over evil — and maybe my half will turn out to be bigger than his, as mankind may soon find out.” (Stance 109 of book 4 of Paradise Lost). On the other hand, in the story of Young Goodman Brown there is a scene in the story Goodman mentions “With Heaven above, and Faith below, I will yet stand firm against the devil!”. Goodman is basically saying that his faith to god will overcome whatever temptations the devil will throw at him and he will not give in into lucifer at any needs necessary. Although, both stories are different they intend to have a somewhat similarity, eventhough one talks about how lucifer will do evil and not believe in god while Goodman is the opposite of lucifer, he will do good and he will have his faith strong in god. Given these points, all together you can see that lucifer and Goodman are different in both stories but then again one is the devil while the other is mankind. Also, you can see the image below how thier is a half man and half snake, the reason I show this image was because it pretty much explains on how a man can be tempted into doing evil! It looks like he is fighting the snake to brake lose from it, but in the quote it mentions on how he is curse and shall live the rest of thy life.

Lastly, in the story of book nine of Paradise Lost,

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