Note #2: Still better than the Poe story.
Note #3: Ok I really only did the note thing so I could make note number one.
As I was saying, I really think this story was creepy but I liked it. It could be because I have a weird attraction to witchy stories since maybe even before I watched "The Craft" but aside from that this was a great exploration of good and evil! Because Brown was such a "good" character it surprised me that he turned out to be so cynical of the world, I would think that he would pray that it was all a dream and go back to living in supposed bliss but alas, the poor chap just couldn't hack it. For the most part I think that many of the happiest people in the world have come to the realization that they are both good and evil. And they understand that about others as well.
Yes--you're last point would be a good place to start in analyzing Brown's problem--and the larger problem with Puritanism--that the story explores. See my blog post
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