Part one of term paper
"The World as Will and Idea" and "Young Goodman Brown": Symbols The word symbol derives from the Greek verb symbolallein 'to throw together' and its noun symbolon 'mark, emblem, token or sign'. A symbol is an object animate or inanimate, which represents or stands for something else. A literary symbol combines an image with a concept, words ...

Part two of term paper
... actions, feelings, thoughts, ideas, states of mind and any sensory or extra sensory experiences. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was well known for his masterly use of symbols to evoke the 'power or darkness'. Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville two great writers who also base most of their works on the use of symbolism and imagery praised his work. In Young Goodman Brown (1864), Brown a young Puritan, leaves Faith, his wife for a nighttime journey in the woods. Meeting an older man with a twiste ...