How does the opening of this story echo a common biblical storyline?

a) faith is clearly a temptress designed to trap goodman brown in a sinful situation.

b) young goodman brown's wife very much resembles nagging behaviors of job's wife in stories from the bible.

c) the set-up of this story is a direct allusion to the sibling rivalry that existed between cain and able in the bible.

d) goodman brown's decision to go into the wilderness echoes jesus (and other prophets) going into the wilderness to be tempted by evil.

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The opening of this story echoes a common Biblical storyline because of Goodman Brown's decision to go into the wilderness echoes Jesus (and other prophets) going into the wilderness to be tempted by evil.

Explanation:

At the beginning of the story Goodman Brown decides to go in a mysterious journey, far away from his beloved wife faith, there is a metaphor in here that shows that he leaves because he was being called and tempted by sin and his faith was not strong enough to stop him, the other appreciation we can have is that it was a test for him to pass through temptation and return to his faith.

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i would say that these are the two thesis statements best for a literary analysis essay on recurring themes in shakespeare's romeo and juliet:

1.  in romeo and juliet, shakespeare demonstrates that love comes in a variety of forms, be it romantic, familial, or between friends.

2.  shakespeare explores the struggle for identity through the character of juliet in his play romeo and juliet.

the other theses aren't reoccurring in this play. 

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