Discuss the nature of evil and sin in The Inferno and in either “Young Goodman Brown” or Naylor’s Linden Hills. As part of your discussion, consider first, what does the protagonist (Dante, Brown, and/or Willie) think of as “evil” before he begins his journey to the underworld, how does his view change with the various evils he encounters, and what does he learn from Satan (or the Satanic figure he encounters)? Is evil finally a choice people make or is it something inherent to human nature?

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Discuss the nature of evil and sin in The Inferno and in either “Young Goodman Brown” or Naylor’s Linden Hills. As part of your discussion, consider first, what does the protagonist (Dante, Brown, and/or Willie) think of as “evil” before he begins his journey to the underworld, how does his view change with the various evils he encounters, and what does he learn from Satan (or the Satanic figure he encounters)? Is evil finally a choice people make or is it something inherent to human nature?