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1) Introduction
a) Background information
i) Puritanism
ii) Hawthorne
b) Thesis statement
2) Young Goodman Brown
a) Before entering forest- what is his outlook on humanity like?
b) After re-emerging from the forest- How has that outlook been altered?
3) The Scarlet Letter
a) Reverend Dimmesdale before his meeting with Hester in the forest
b) Dimmesdale’s persona after coming out of the forest and going back into town
4) Conclusion
a) Tying together the two stories and transformations of the characters referred to. How is Dimmesdale’s new perception of humanity similar to Young Goodman Brown’s? In what ways have their encounters in the forest changed them both for the worse?