Ribbons and Bows Nathaniel Hawthorne has a brilliant method of connecting his works. When closely examining the stories, “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil,” one can see these similarities. Hawthorne uses colors, secret sins, and gloomy deaths to carefully tie a bow with the ribbons of these stories. The first similarity between “Young Goodman Brown, “ and “The Minister’s Black Veil’” is the obvious color usage. Hawthorne uses the colors’ symbolic meaning …showed first 75 words of 846 total…

…showed last 75 words of 846 total…usage, secret sins, and gloomy deaths in the stories, “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil.” These are two example ribbons intertwined into a beautiful bow of connecting stories. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Young Goodman Brown.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Nina Baym. New York: Norton & Company, 1998. 1236-1245. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “The Minister’s Black Veil.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Nina Baym. New York: Norton & Company, 1998. 1252-1261.