What does “Young Goodman Brown” seem to be saying about the ethics of American Puritanism?

Choose ONE question about Hawthorne to answer.
What does “Young Goodman Brown” seem to be saying about the ethics of American Puritanism? Hawthorne struggled with his own ancestors’ roles in prosecuting the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials; what does the ironic revelation of “evil” hidden behind a facade of “good” suggest about Hawthorne’s judgment of the Puritan worldview?
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Think about self-knowledge as a theme in “Young Goodman Brown.” Which of the characters truly comes to know something about human nature and to know himself or herself in the process? Do any of them end up supposing that they “know” more about life or the human condition than they really do?
Part Two:
Answer the following question about Whittier and Longfellow.
Are poets like Whittier and Longfellow accessible to us anymore? What cultural practices may have replaced them—and what do you think, personally, of that succession?
Part Three:
What work that we have studied so far sticks out to you the most?  Why?
(Three parts, three paragraphs)